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Nov 21 9:30 AM EST

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To: pass pass who wrote (27858)	12/14/1997 2:07:00 AM
From: Vladimir Zelener	of 61433

<<< The beauty of 112k is that you don't tie up 2 lines. You can still make regular phone calls with any of the 2 lines while you're surfing, in which case the speed slows to 56k. But if there is no incoming/outgoing call on any of the 2 lines, you get 112k. The rationale is that a lot of homes have 2 lines already and the telco loves this idea>>> I think you are correct about the ability to make/receive voice calls while the modem is connected to ISP, but I suspect you are wrong about not tieing up 2 phone lines. Telcos might love it because they will charge you for initiation of 2 phone calls instead of one but ISPs IMO will not support this modem. First it ties up two ports on their receiving end (POP - point of presense) and they pay for each line to telcos, so their cost will not allow them to offer a $20 unlimited access if it cost them more then that . Second to support 112k they will have to introduce some kind of software multiplex/demultiplex the stream of data and that cost money.

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