Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!mips!pacbell.com!ucsd!qualcom.qualcomm.com!cancun.qualcomm.com!rdippold From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Hayes SM 9600 V-series calls Intel 9600ex; sad results Message-ID: <1991Jun13.183839.292@qualcomm.com> Date: 13 Jun 91 18:38:39 GMT References: <201.2855A6B4@zswamp.uucp> Sender: news@qualcomm.com Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA Lines: 29 Nntp-Posting-Host: cancun.qualcomm.com In article <201.2855A6B4@zswamp.uucp> root@zswamp.uucp (Geoffrey Welsh) writes: >In a letter to All, Peter C. Sun (psun@gn.ecn.purdue.edu ) wrote: > >Oh well, theres always HST... > > The HST suffers from *precisely* the same malady as the Hayes >V-9600, namely that it will speak only to its brethren. Sadly (for you), the >HST was cheaper and caught on more in the BBS world, where you're likely to >need a 9600+ bps modem. Considering that the vast majority of BBS systems are running an HST for high speed, I don't think that's going to be a problem for him. There's a big difference between going with a "standard" proprietary format and a nonstandard one. If he really needs to he can buy a Dual Standard and get the HST and V.32bis protocols, although experience in San Diego shows that the V.32 is going to be fairly unused for a while - most of the users have figured out that they can call more places with an HST as well. I maintain a BBS list for San Diego... I don't have the exact stats on high speed modems, I haven't done any counts for a month or more, but for modems that are faster than 2400, it pretty much breaks down as: %85 USR HST %8 V.32 (bis) %6 CompuCom %1 Other These should still be fairly accurate, it doesn't change that much from month to month -- Standard disclaimer applies, you legalistic hacks. | Ron Dippold