> On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Jason Fesler wrote:
>
> > At 02:21 PM 12/29/96 -0200, you wrote:
> > >List!
> > >
> > >Is X2 Speed of USRobotics Modens supported for Portmaster 2E-30?
> > >If not, is there any prevision for this?
> >
> > Portmaster 2E's are *terminal servers only*. They are not modems.
> > You will have whatever capability you plug into the RS-232 port.
> > You *can* have X2, if you get all USR Courier I-modems (ask them
> > for which models specifically). However, you may not find this
> > cost effective..
> >
> > The other note: USR's 53k is one-direction only - Rockwell and Lucent
> > will be bidirectional 56k... Food for thought.
>
> K56Flex will be?!?! uhm, from my readings... Rockwell currently will
> support 33.6Kbps upstream Lucent potentially 40Kbps upstream ... Hmm,
> I-modems? I'm guessing these will be ISDN Line type, so you still can't
> use POTS....
Update...well, January news....
<http://www.lucent.com/micro/NEWS/010997.html>
[snip]
In addition to driving widespread acceptance of the K56flex protocol,
Lucent has dedicated a leading research and
development team to setting industry benchmarks for analog modem
technology. Lucent's renowned Bell Labs developed the
company's 56-kbps technology to not only download information at top
speeds but also uniquely upload data to the Internet at
40 kbps.
Lucent's modem technology can also operate in a symmetrical mode, which
transmits data at 45 kbps in both the downstream
and upstream directions, a capability that significantly improves
applications requiring fast symmetrical rates such as Internet
telephony and videoconferencing.
[snip]
-- Aloha,Sherwood