Re: (PM) SLC's, PM-3's, and GTE

patrick@namesecure.com
Tue, 18 Nov 1997 15:59:41 -0800 (PST)

On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Jacob Suter wrote:

> > I investigated the possibilites of doing this at my previous employer as
> > it was a logical extension to their other business(fax over the Internet.)
> > However, as you observed the connections are very susceptible to
> > instability. I really don't see how any company is going to be able to
> > address this underlying problem. If I had to vote though, I would keep an
> > eye on Lucent, who is supposed to be coming out with a box to do this...
>
> Fax would be a much better store-n-forward technology.. I hear there is
> a lot of that coming on the horizon for international faxing... Voice
> doesn't much matter, if it gets kinda funky, so what, you won't be
> charged $.10/minute or whatever for the call, so...

However it is important to the provider, especially with competition in
the market and the cost of redundant circuits being cost-prohibitive or
simply unavailable(PTT only) in foreign countries.

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