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To: Moonray who wrote (11852)	1/21/1998 2:39:00 PM
From: Scrapps	Respond to of 22053

"A Rockwell spokeswoman said the company didn't participate because until the ITU releases a standard, the two companies "are guessing" about what the standard will be. "It's basically a non-event," the spokeswoman said." I bet they guess right!! Rockwell must still have problems with their code and/or cheap chips!

To: Moonray who wrote (11852)	1/21/1998 3:03:00 PM
From: jhild	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

"It's basically a non-event," the spokeswoman said. Well, it's a non-event for ROK anyway. I guess they're going to be late again. I wonder if they take the months of January/Febuary off every year. They were saying the same things last year about this time with regard to x2. BTW, whatever happened to our ROK man, Mark Lijewski? I guess this would be a non-event for him as well.

To: Moonray who wrote (11852)	1/21/1998 3:58:00 PM
From: Scrapps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

Compare these Rockwell statements...... Today from Rockwell: "A Rockwell spokeswoman said the company didn't participate because until the ITU releases a standard, the two companies "are guessing" about what the standard will be. "It's basically a non-event," the spokeswoman said." From the Rockwell Website: Rockwell applauds ITU committee's progress on key technical issues, prepares for February ITU specification that will look very much like K56flex<i/> More:ÿ nb.rockwell.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frequently Asked Questions -- About the ITU's Declaration of Consensus Regarding the Standardization of 56Kbps Modems 1. Why is the ITU's declaration of consensus significant for the marketplace? A: With this declaration of consensus, the ITU has voted to approve a preliminary standard that can now be formally "determined" when the full Study Group 16 Working Party convenes in Geneva during late January 1998. There are still some minor issues yet to be resolved, but it is fully expected that those issues will be finalized at the January meeting, and the ITU could ratify the standard by September 1998, or earlier. We think this is an extremely significant decision for the industry as a whole, since it will now unify was previously was a fragmented marketplace. For end-users who've been uncertain about buying 56Kbps modems, this offers the reassurance of a clear path to a standard. For current K56flex end-users, this is really a non-event, since nothing is really required of them -- ISPs will continue to support the original K56flex protocol even after their central-site modem ports are upgraded to the new standard, so K56flex end-users will continue getting the same fast connections whether they upgrade to the new standard or not. More:ÿ nb.rockwell.com They can't even lie right! <G>