Re: News 56K modems

Robert Hanson (roberth@cet.com)
Thu, 12 Sep 1996 13:19:28 -0700 (PDT)

seems to me analog is a moot point or it would be a lot faster now...

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On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, Jon Lewis wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, Chris Roger wrote:
>
> > Anybody hear the news?
> > Rockwell and USRobotics are each working on 56Kbps analog
> > modems.
> > How do they expect the phone lines to handle that speed?
> >
> > Will internal digital modems (PM3) be able to handle them?
>
> Just found this reference in c.d.m:
>
> http://www.pcweek.com/news/0909/11mrock.html
>
> I read it...and it looks like a bunch of bull and marketdroid speak.
> Another post in c.d.m agrees with me, and suggests that is is in fact a
> low end version one of the new DSL technologies. I wouldn't throw away
> those BRI cards yet.
>
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