Re: USR X2 Modems . Do they Work??? Or just hype.

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From: John Navas
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 00:00

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"Paul Owen" <nothere@goaway.co.uk> wrote:

>According to US Robotics and also Rockwell (who make the 'other' 56.6kbps
>chipset), the maximum speed is 56.6kbps on a good connection. In the United
>States the FCC restrict this to a little over 53kbps, in the rest of the
>world the speed remains at 56.6

Please don't facilitate the spread of urban myths (misinformation).

The FCC makes no such restriction.  There is a long-stannding FCC rule
about maximum power that was well-known to modem companies, but it does
not directly limit 56K speed -- the use of more sophisticated coding can
deal with the power limitation.  The FCC is just being used as a
convenient skapegoat/excuse for not achieving the promised 56K speeds.
Speeds will be no higher over comparable connections outside of the USA.

Please also stop the massive cross-posting to inappropriate newsgroups.

--
Best regards,
John  mailto:JNavas@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US  http://www.aimnet.com/~jnavas/
      28800 Modem FAQ:  http://www.aimnet.com/~jnavas/modem/faq.html

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From: JNavas@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US (John Navas)
Subject: Re: USR X2 Modems . Do they Work??? Or just hype.
Date: 1997/04/08
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