Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!cedman From: cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Forval V.32bis modem Message-ID: Date: 18 May 91 17:17:53 GMT References: <11444@ncar.ucar.edu> Organization: University of California, Irvine, USA. Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: lynx.ps.uci.edu In-reply-to: bovet@hao.ucar.edu's message of 16 May 91 20:20:03 GMT In article <11444@ncar.ucar.edu> bovet@hao.ucar.edu (Ray Bovet) writes: Someone asked about the advertised Forval modems recently. I was intrigued by their ad which promised future upgrades could be downloaded via phone line. So I gave them a call. They claim that the modem is shipping now with full V.32bis (and V.42 and V.42bis as well). The bad news from my point of view is the price of $ 1,250 for an external modem. I asked them if they had any future upgrades in mind and they said they expect a 19.2 k standard by the end of the year. Has anyone heard anything about a new standard at that speed? This was news to me. Did you also ask them about their educational prices ? They are almost 50% off the price you mention. Carl Edman -- "We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do." -- Auberon Herbert Send mail to Carl Edman