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To: Lost in New York who wrote (12450)	2/5/1998 10:31:00 AM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

3Com, Rockwell Prepare to Ship Modem Products With 56K Standard Santa Clara, California, Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- 3Com Corp. and Rockwell International Corp. said they would begin shipping new modem hardware and software by next month that allows users of their competing technologies to communicate at higher speeds. The announcements come as an international body is widely expected this Friday to set a standard for so-called 56K modems, which allow computer users to transfer files over the Internet more than 60 percent faster than previous telephone-based modems. Before the standard, modem users have had to choose between products using either 3Com's x2 technology or the K56Flex developed by Rockwell and Lucent Technologies Inc. The rival products now communicate with each other only at the highest standard speed of 33 Kbps, or kilobits per second. ''Consumers will finally get ready access to 56K speeds,'' said Ernie Raper, senior analyst with market researcher Vision Quest in Moorpark, California. Most consumers who bought proprietary 56K modems will be able to upgrade to the standard technology by downloading software over the Internet, Raper said. Both Rockwell and 3Com said they plan to have standard products shipping to consumers by the end of the quarter. The new modems will cost about the same or slightly more than current modems, Raper said. o~~~ O