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Date: Sun, 26 May 91 12:06:03 GMT
From: Michael Schuster <panix!schuster@cmcl2.nyu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Cheap 9600 bps Modem
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In article <telecom11.397.4@eecs.nwu.edu> newsham@wiliki.eng.hawaii.
edu (Timothy Newsham) writes:

> As I understand it, V.32bis is still not an official protocol.  The
> CCITT people are still "considering" it and still have not made the
> proposed protocal official, although it is a foregone conclusion by
> most folks that it will soon become the next modem standard.

You are several months behind the times. It was issued as an official
CCITT recommendation in February, and had been "frozen" by the
technical committee since last fall. The only ones who are "considering" 
V.32bis are companies like CompuCom who have never heard of standards. :-)


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