On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Kai Radicke wrote:
> The X2 is a 56k version of an anolog modem, like the one that is in your
> PC. It can recieve 56k, but it can only send at 33.6k. But the other side
> of the connection (AOL or ISP) most have a USR modemrack that is capable of
> X2 and that the modem rack is connected to a PRI digital connection to
> achieve the 56k.
>
> I wouldn't buy an X2 modem I would get the ROCKWELL/LUCENT version of 56k.
> It is called 56kFlex or somethink like that. Same rules as the X2 but you
> can send at 45k. Also more ISPs have Rockwell based chips in there modems.
> Also MAJOR Internet NEWS: 3COM just bought US Robotics and x2. 3COM says
> it won't use x2. Cardnal the other x2 company was just bought by Hayes.
> Hayes is also a rockwell based company, bye bye x2. If anyone wants the
> full discussion on this, I will put the text files in a zip and mass email
> it or put it in my FTP account.
I have this feeling that I'm listening to the next Bill Gates. Kai, when
you go public, please let me know. I failed to get in on the ground
floor of Microsoft, but there's always hope.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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