Re: 56k Modems

Kevin Smith (kevin@ascend.com)
Wed, 13 Aug 1997 19:19:12 -0700

At 05:06 PM 8/13/97 -0500, sysop@carolina.net wrote:
>Anyone gettting any high 40s - low 50k connections yet? I have been
>watching all day and have not even seen anything above 33.6.

There are not too many K56Flex compatible modems out there yet. You
need to get a client modem with V1.0 or better Rockwell release, and
Lucent....oh yeah, what release is Lucent calling their official
K56Flex release ?

Are there are Lucent based modems shipping yet ?

Interestingly, only one was mentioned in the report:

56K? No Way [http://www.data.com/lab_tests/56k.html]

Kevin