From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jan 24 07:19:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA02527 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 07:19:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from house.multinet.net (house.multinet.net [204.138.173.37]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id HAA02518 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 07:18:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from gabber.multinet.net (gabber.multinet.net [204.138.173.45]) by house.multinet.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA06424 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 10:18:50 -0500 Message-ID: <32E8D2E8.7DE14518@multinet.net> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 10:19:04 -0500 From: graydon hoare X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-ALPHA i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 56K vs X2? References: <199701240057.CAA09148@news.clinet.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ok I've been watching people argue this one for a couple of days now and have only one question, the answer to which (I believe) solves the whole 56k problem: Are these modems (digital banks, singletons, etc.) simply DSPs with soft-upgradable microcode? if they are, then you can buy anything and be assured that at very least all you have to do is spend a day squirting changes into them and they'll run OK with whatever the standard of the week is. if they're not, you MUST, no matter what, no matter who you're talking to, MUST buy units which conform to the largest industry standard. this is the pivotal question, right? Does anyone actually know, 100% KNOW, which of the 56k modems in question are actually like this, and which of them have their protocols `burned' in? -graydon ___________________________________________________ aw shucks I musta been tuned to the wrong frequency