v.90 and K56Flex compat (was Re: (PM) modem compatibility (fwd))

NOT a LE employee (livingston@iav.com)
Tue, 10 Feb 1998 19:12:55 -1000 (HST)

On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, MegaZone wrote:

> Once upon a time Stephen Fisher shaped the electrons to say...
> >AND does V.90 have the v.8 noise at the beginning of the call? If not I'm
> >guessing V.90 modems won't mind it if it is still used for K56Flex backwards
> >compatibility (K56Flex compatibility better be in the Pm3 for a while after
> >v.90 - not very long needed but a litle while). Am I correct in assuming
> >this?
>
> V.90 does not use the V.8bis tone, I believe it uses V.8. (They are
> different.) However, modems that remain backwards compatible with K56flex
> will still have the tone as it is needed for K56flex.

>From a post to another list, that's what I gathered about v.8 and
v.8bis...

v.8 is a feature announcement
v.8bis is a multimedia feature announcement

I spent at least an hour trying to find this information, but I think I
was looking in the wrong places...

> Personally I'd like to see toggles - on|off for both K56flex and V.90.
> On by default, but able to be disabled for those sites where they simple
> can't work, or where the ISP only wants to support one. (Like forcing
> users to goto V.90.)

8) me too, and I've sent my request to rfe already.... anyone else?

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