> The problems you're seeing are due to ASCEND pushing vendors to ship
> code which wasn't actually complient with the interoperability standards
> (specifically V.8bis), while leading people to believe that it was.
Agreed. USR only has their modems and a couple small modem vendors to get
to interroperate. K56Flex has *hundreds* and multiple code/chip vendors
(Rockwell and Lucent) which makes it much harder and it takes longer but
will work out just fine.
> The X2 decision will, IMHO, prove to be the true disservice to your
> customer base. Any decision made for short-term gain at the expense of
> supporting a vendor monopoly usually ends up being bad for the end-user
> down the road.
Yeah.
> Frankly, I'm glad we waited for the interoperable version of K56Flex.
> Its stable, it works, and most of the modems out there have flash
Agreed..
"Good things come to those who wait."
- Steve
- Systems Manager
- Community Internet Access, Inc.
- Gallup and Grants, New Mexico
"All in all it's just another brick in the wall." -Pink Floyd
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