That explains everything on the K56 side.
I get solid 46K connections on a national dial-back-to-Chicago basis from all
over the country into the PM3s
---- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | NEW! K56Flex support on ALL modems Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no costOn Mon, Feb 16, 1998 at 11:36:18PM -0800, Don Lashier wrote: > On 2/17/98, at 1:08 AM, Jeff Carneal wrote: > >Actually, we've seen similar results here. We currently support both X2 > >and K56 and generally get better results from X2 customers. They're also > >a TON easier to support...generally no firmware issues (ok, a few, but > >nothing like K56), no init problems, etc. Also, the connect speeds from > >X2 customers are a good 15-20% higher than what we've seen with K56 for > >the most part. Say what you want about it being proprietary.... > >proprietary often works. Witness workstations. > > Curious that every comparative test I've seen puts X2 and K56Flex > neck and neck afa connect speeds and performance, with K56Flex > at an advantage on degraded lines. > > We've got no real firmware issues or init problems with > K56Flex, and *never* see connects below 40k. But the response has > been underwhelming. Less than 5% of our users have upgraded, but > the ones who have love it. > > Isn't it really all a moot point anymore with standards around the > corner? > > Don > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Don Lashier dl@newportnet.com > Newport Internet http://www.newportnet.com/ > > - > To unsubscribe, email 'majordomo@livingston.com' with > 'unsubscribe portmaster-users' in the body of the message. > Searchable list archive: <URL:http://www.livingston.com/Tech/archive/> - To unsubscribe, email 'majordomo@livingston.com' with 'unsubscribe portmaster-users' in the body of the message. Searchable list archive: <URL:http://www.livingston.com/Tech/archive/>