Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!swlabs!jack
From: jack@swlabs.UUCP (Jack Bonn)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: V32 will smash TB+ in a year (?)
Message-ID: <3508@swlabs.UUCP>
Date: 11 Nov 88 14:41:53 GMT
References: <10805@cup.portal.com> <1417@percival.UUCP> <11078@cup.portal.com> <614@pcrat.UUCP>
Reply-To: jack@swlabs.UUCP (Jack Bonn)
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In article <614@pcrat.UUCP> rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson) writes:

[Description of modem having PEP, FAX, Courier HST, 2400, 1200, 
 0-600, new 28k PEP, and V.32 modes]

>Stick all this in one modem.  Call it the Telebit D-niner "Bulldozer".
>Talk about connectivity!  Only ubiquitous ISDN will make this modem obsolete.

This is the thought that has been crossing my mind.  How much will the
V.32 modems penetrate the market before ISDN becomes commonplace?  It
seems that there is a rather small window of opportunity here, that the
$200 V.32 chip set may be here in the nick of time.  Even then, I am
not sure if I'd want to be stuck with an obsolete V.32 modem when ISDN
arrived (unless, of course, it had paid for itself by then :-).

International calls, you say?  Well it is probably true that inter-
continental ISDN may be a while in coming, but how good is V.32 on typical 
intercontinental voice grade lines?  What percent of the time does it
back off to 4800 baud?  I'm sure some of you do this type analysis every 
day (especially you "highly paid communications specialists").
-- 
Jack Bonn, <> Software Labs, Ltd, Box 451, Easton CT  06612
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