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To: djane who wrote (51679)	8/5/1998 1:40:00 PM
From: Philly714	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

djane/MR C, (or should I say Mr President) No one can say they have V.90 down. This spec is supposed to be so far reaching that all modems will be able to play well together. It will never happen. You can only get so much out of an analog line and only so much interoperability between multiple vendors. 56k modems were a great idea but the technology of today is slowly making the last great stride in analog connectivity obsolete before they figure out how to make it work across the board. The discussions on this thread are awesome but trying to figure out who is number one, two and three is like saying Atlanta is better than the Yankees because they are in the National League and the Yankees wouldn't be as good if their pitchers had to bat ???? (Whoa, where am I going with this.......) Philly714 (Notice I didn't mention the Phillies in the same sentence as the Yankees and Braves)

To: djane who wrote (51679)	8/5/1998 3:49:00 PM
From: mrclinton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

Which aspect? Dataquest does the research and all the marketing people of each respective company seize on something which makes them look good. Check out their respective press releases. With regard to the V.90 issue Cisco are only in the Beta phase still which is public knowledge to their customers. Probably as a result of finding out how hard it is to write good solid modem code on your own. (The MICA technology they now use with a little help from Rockwell) 3Com have USRX's extensive experience in this field whilst Ascend buy it in from Rockwell who have bee doing it for years too. If I'm a service provider now looking for 56k modem technology, I'd think that I would want to see something available now that's shipping than a flaky Beta. 3Com and Ascend have issued press releases confirming V.90 availability (by that I mean shipping)I can't recall Cisco doing the same, although I could be wrong. I can't see them making major inroads at the moment without the latest and greatest modem speeds on the 53 and 5800.