Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 12:05:19 +0200 (MET DST) From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) To: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: support for 16650 Message-ID: <199609281005.MAA29426@allegro.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <199609272150.OAA24226@athena.tera.com> from "Gary Kline" at Sep 27, 96 02:50:49 pm
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Gary Kline writes: > > According to Scott Blachowicz: >> Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> wrote: >>> Maybe this change can be dropped into a -current version, >>> yes? I have heard rumblings--at least 3rd- or 4th-hand-- >>> that within a year the POTS modems will be screaming along >>> at 57Kbps or something. Anybody else hear these rumors? >> >> Yup...I just saw an article in the Sept 16 1996 issue of Computerworld... >> >> Rockwell Semiconductor Systems is preparing a 56K bit/sec. modem chip >> set -- today's top out at 33.6K bit/sec. -- that analysts said will >> enable faster access to the Internet and corporate data networks from >> remote sites and mobile workers' computers...enable modems to support >> data transmission over regular analog lines at 56K bit/sec...But one >> user questioned whether regular analog lines can handle data at 56K >> bit/sec. >> > > Well, this supports what USR said. I heard that USR will > have their faster modem out RSN and sometime next year the > rest of the modem mfg'ers will have theirs out. I'm obviously not the only person who has doubts. I wonder if there are some restrictions like "only local loop". Greg
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