Re: v.fast?

Sherwood Portmaster-List (livingston@iav.com)
Thu, 14 Aug 1997 05:46:21 -1000 (HST)

On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Jake Messinger wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Sherwood Portmaster-List wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Andrew Foster wrote:
> >
> > > Does the PM3 support v.fast properly (at all?) - some users with v.fast's
> > > don't seem to be able to connect at higher than 14.4k (this is using ComOS
> > > 3.5.1b20.au)
> >
> > 8) archives will tell you that non-ITU standards are not supported... so
> > v.fast modems are limited to 14.4Kbps ...
>
> This is true. MANY of the v.fast people out there who were getting 28800
> to their isp are now getting 14400 because their isp switched. We used to
> use Optima racks, and upgraded and broke all of our V.FAST (or was that
> V.FC i cant remember) customers.
>
> We switched em to new modems. Most of our clients wanted new voice modems
> anyway.
>
> I wonder if Ascend supports it?

If I remember Kevin's statement, from a month or so back, they were
looking at putting back one of the old protocols.. V.FC I think into their
modem code.

Kevin, got the scoops?

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Sherwood