Re: 56k vs. the Great Telephone Experiment
John G. Thompson (jgt10@livingston.com)
Thu, 28 Aug 1997 17:12:52 -0700
At 10:00 AM 8/28/97 -0700, Jon Rust wrote:
>My excitement of receiving the new cards quickly disappeared the first
>time I tried connecting a Zoom 56kx modem to my PM-3. On one of them,
>nada. On the other, 38k, but a dropped connection shortly thereafter.
>
>So I tried Hayes. Same thing. I've got customers trying Zoltrix, Smart
>Rapid Transit (Apex is the parent company I believe -- they use Lucent
>chips), Falcon, and Supra. Nothing works. :-((((
>
>I'd always assumed everything was gonna be okay since our average connect
>rate for our customers is 31.2. I *always* get a 31.2 connection from my
>house, but can't do dick with any 56k modem I've tried.
check the firmware releases on the modems and then check the manufacturers
web sites for updates. Most modems don't have the K56flex compliant
firmware. I've seen reports of modems bought last week still having the
old firmware.
JGT
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