Well here in Buckeye Land we have told our clients for almost a year now
that we will not support X2. I took the history stance, that way back in
the day, USR came out with proprietary 9600 baud technology. It eventually
was washed out with the rest of the industry. As the modem manufactures
picked sides it became obvious that X2 was not going to be the only
solution, let alone the most requested. We waited on Flex and have
probably lost a total of 5 clients to our choice. We aggressively told all
of our clients that we would not support X2 and to not bother buying the
modems. Many seemed pleased that we had at least made a decision and that
allowed them to be more knowledgeable with their purchases.
Since the 56K modems have come out. We have had numerous clients thank us
again for the amount of information we put out about our standards. Like I
said before, many thanked us for making a decision while other ISP's hadn't
made up their mind one way or the other. We actively advertised the fact
that the new 56K modems were in and running and have attracted a whole new
base of clients that have moved from ISP's supporting X2 at the last
minute.
All in all the big debate really never was an issue on this end. We cater
to mainly business clients and that type of customer usually doesn't care
about the nuts and bolts. Just solutions.
David Davies
Director, Internet Services
Buckeye Internet Services, Ltd.
http://www.buckeyeweb.com
"Through the modem, past the NAP, around the World, nothing but Net...."
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