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

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From: Floyd Drennon
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 00:00
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In message <grahampvw42eug.fsf@barnowl.demon.co.uk> - Graham Murray
<graham@barnowl.demon.co.uk>09 Apr 1997 19:09:11 +0000 writes:

:> Given that use of X2 requires that the 'master' site must be connected
:> via ISDN, will there be many people who have more than one D/A
:> conversion in the path?  With the telecos having fully digital
:> backbones the only D/A conversion should be at the switch serving the
:> user's local loop. Once the signal has been digitised at the local
:> switch it makes no sense to add additional pairs of D/A and A/D
:> conversions in the path, especially as the connection to the ISP is
:> digital. 

You folks keep starting from a false assumption.  The telcos in some
areas are NOT fully digital.  I talked with Bell South representatives
last August.  They told me then they *hoped* to be converted to fully
digital by 1998.

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From: fdrennon@pobox.com (Floyd Drennon)
Subject: Re: USR X2 Modems . Do they Work??? Or just hype.
Date: 1997/04/10
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