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To: Chris who wrote (1619)9/23/1997 4:46:00 PM
From: David Lawrence   of 2493
 
>>In fact, the two types can work with each other after simple upgrading using software.

Wrong. x2 and K56Flex are incompatible. They will each upgrade to the standard (in theory), but will (probably) never interoperate with the other protocol.

>>They are just waiting now to see who will blink first.

Who is "they" and who is "who"?

>>Once the standard is specified, upgrading takes a couple of minutes.

It's far, far more complicated than that. What makes you think K56Flex modems can upgrade in a couple of minutes to an as-yet-to-be-specified ITU standard when it won't even work well using the K56Flex proprietary standard? Not only will they have to handle the standard, but they will also have to maintain backwards compatibility with non-ITU standard K56Flex modems already in the field that have not been upgaded to the ITU standard. No small task, considering they can't get good interoperability now without even having to worry about a standard.
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