Since you mention "standards" and I have not seen any information (yet) about
the standards supported by the PM-3 I have one question which could easily affect
our choice of implementation to support a large number of people in our area
(East Coast of Florida).
Do the digital modems in the PM-3 support the V.FC and V.Fast protocols or others
which came out while awaiting the V.34 standard?
WE had originally purchased Multitech modems to use with our PM-2 but had to change
over to USRobotics modems as the Multitech modems did not support the V.FC or other
sudo-standards and about 60% of the user's in our area have the pre-V.34 modems. I
know - we should be prompting people to "upgrade" to a REAL V.34 modem but its very
hard to "push" the issue when other IPS's in the area "support" the "other" protocols
allowing the customer to "connect" at 28.8K and your customer can only connect at 14.4K
to your service (this is real world stuff here - Been there, Done that, Had the t-shirt
shredded!! ). Most customers don't (or won't) understand why they can connect at 28.8K
to one ISP but only 14.4K to another - and guess which ISP the customer is going to use
for their service provider.
Anyway, it would be nice to see a "list" of standards the PM-3 supports and what
standards are in the works. Thanks.
GM