From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 27 14:37:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA08785 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Sep 1996 14:37:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nwnexus.wa.com (nwnexus.wa.com [192.135.191.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA08751 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 1996 14:37:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from main.statsci.com by nwnexus.wa.com with SMTP id AA10957 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Fri, 27 Sep 1996 14:37:30 -0700 Received: from statsci.com [206.63.206.4] with smtp by main.statsci.com with smtp (/\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.3 #3) id m0v6jra-0003wxC; Fri, 27 Sep 96 13:50 PDT Message-Id: To: Gary Kline Cc: ejs@bfd.com (Eric J. Schwertfeger), nadav@barcode.co.il, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, lmcsato@lmc.ericsson.se, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: support for 16650 References: <199609252008.NAA25242@tera.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Sep 1996 13:07:58 -0700." <199609252008.NAA25242@tera.com> Reply-To: scott@statsci.com Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 13:50:22 -0700 From: Scott Blachowicz Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Gary Kline wrote: > Maybe this change can be dropped into a -current version, > yes? I have heard rumblings--at least 3rd- or 4th-hand-- > that within a year the POTS modems will be screaming along > at 57Kbps or something. Anybody else hear these rumors? Yup...I just saw an article in the Sept 16 1996 issue of Computerworld... Rockwell Semiconductor Systems is preparing a 56K bit/sec. modem chip set -- today's top out at 33.6K bit/sec. -- that analysts said will enable faster access to the Internet and corporate data networks from remote sites and mobile workers' computers...enable modems to support data transmission over regular analog lines at 56K bit/sec...But one user questioned whether regular analog lines can handle data at 56K bit/sec. Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div) 1700 Westlake Ave N #500 scott@statsci.com Seattle, WA USA 98109 Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org