Re: PM3 and X2

John D Cree (johnc@cryptocard.com)
Tue, 29 Apr 1997 16:32:30 -0400 (EDT)

At 12:19 PM 4/29/97 -0700, you wrote:
>At 07:17 AM 4/29/97 -0700, Marty Likier wrote:
>>At 01:25 PM 4/28/97 +0200, Ralf Sauther wrote:
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>is Livingston planning to support X2 with a PM3 or will it only support
>>>K56flex ? Many of our customers use USR-Modems and as far as i know, USR
>>>only supports X2.
>>
>>No. We are firmly committed to the K56flex camp. I know we have been there
>>before, but X2 is USR proprietary. And if anyone considers K56flex to be
>>proprietary, at least it allows 70-75% of the modem market to
>interoperate. ;-)
>
>And it appears that this whole fiasco may well backfire on USR as ISPs and
>others start to recommend and specify non-USR client modems - reducing=
their
>client modem market share even further....

Perhaps this is so, but I know of several users who have already shifted
camp so that they can use the X2 capabilities of their modems.=20
Constant hangups/disconnects also play a role with users I have spoken with.
I think the smart ISP will probably want to offer different No.s for
different protocols.=20
Not very practical I know. But given the choice of losing many customers...
Just my $0.02 worth
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