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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: V.32bis frozen?
Message-ID: <19377@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 1 Mar 91 10:59:51 GMT
References: <1991Jan19.015521.22170@athena.mit.edu> <15@mich-ns.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <15@mich-ns.UUCP> tech@.UUCP (Mich. Network Sys. TECH SUPPORT) writes:
>  
> I really don't know what all of the fuss is about V.32bis. PEP will 
> out-perform V.32bis in a lot of cases and PEP may even be getting
> faster in future products. 

The fuss is simple.  I like Telebit modems, we've bought dozens, they
work good.  On the other hand, I can't justify buying any new modems
that don't also support V.32bis, nor do I wish to buy any V.32bis modems
that don't talk to PEP.

Therefore until Telebit publicly commits to a PEP/V.32bis product I can't
plan for new Telebit modems, nor do I wish to go to their competition.

No modem before it's time, I can understand.  No public commitment
indicates some kind of lack of faith and promotes the suspicion that
Telebit is no longer competitive now that V32.bis is a official
standard and PEP only a highly useful defacto auxilliary mode...

-- 
George Robbins - now working for,     uucp:   {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
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Commodore, Engineering Department     phone:  215-431-9349 (only by moonlite)