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From: sl@wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne)
Subject: Re: Fax modems: internal vs external
Organization: Wimsey Associates
Date: Wed, 22 May 1991 04:34:10 GMT
Message-ID: <1991May22.043410.23038@wimsey.bc.ca>
References: <1991May21.182406.25973@beach.csulb.edu> <16055@life.ai.mit.edu>

In article <16055@life.ai.mit.edu> hqm@ai.mit.edu (Henry Minsky) writes:
}In article <1991May21.182406.25973@beach.csulb.edu>, sichermn@beach.csulb.edu (Jeff Sicherman) writes:
}It is true that at those data rates, you might expect some noise; we
}haven't had a noticable problem, but apparently it was enough of a concern that the 
}Class 2 standards committee is holding up the acceptance of the standard until they 
}add some sort of reliable host-to-modem data-link layer to the protocol.

We wouldn't want to think there might be any alterior motives to this delay ......
but unfortunately there does seem to be some behind the scenes politic'ing going on.

-- 
Stuart Lynne	Computer Signal Corporation, Canada
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