Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 08:24:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Horton <hand-h@rocketmail.com> To: John <freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: US robotics 56k modems Message-ID: <19980805152430.27701.rocketmail@web1.rocketmail.com>
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I believe this is called "a distinction without a difference". Very enjoyable to see at times but a waste of bandwidth. HTH, MH ---John <freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > In article <199808020206.VAA08645@cedar.netten.net>, Michael Horton > <handh@netten.net> writes > >My guess is that the V.90 is a bad standard or that X2 and Kflex > >manufacturers implement it very poorly. (I have heard that the final > >standard is not expected until the end of the year and what is now called > >the V.90 standard is actually an interim standard.) > > No. > > v90 is due (from what I've heard) for ratification (ITUT I think) > sometime in September. v90 draft proposal was issued earlier. X2 and k56 > flex are proprietary - i.e. they are not 'standards'. v90 presently is > not ratified, and therefore not a standard. It is a draft proposal only. > > So what are these v90 modems? Perhaps they followed the draft. I would > wait until the actual standard was ratified fully if I were you. > > -- > John > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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