Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ingr!b11!jeff
From: jeff@b11.ingr.com (Jeff Kilpatrick)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Where is modem progress?
Message-ID: <5173@b11.ingr.com>
Date: 1 Jun 89 19:36:39 GMT
References: <78700004@p.cs.uiuc.edu> <1400@westmark.UUCP>
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
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In article <1400@westmark.UUCP>, dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson) writes:
> 

> needs will be met in the near future:  A standard for high-speed
> modems will be adopted, and they'll get less expensive. 
> 
> problem with buying one is that there are several incompatible
> families of them.  I would prefer to sit on the sidelines and talk
> 2400 bps until there is a high-speed standard as universal as the
			    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  V.32 is the standard for high speed dial up.  Prices have dropped
quite a bit in the last couple years.  Most V.32 modems are compatible
(I think Hayes does a half duplex V.32) We will possibly be seeing higher
data rates with V.42 (standard which includes data compression).  

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