At 01:02 PM 3/25/98 -0500, you wrote:
>> From: rkm <rkm@marshall.net>
>> I also like the ASCEND MAX but just read an article at the BOARDWATCH
>site
>> where the X2 series (supported by the 3com/USR product) regularly
>supported
>> 40k+ connections but the Kflex modems rarely got over 35k.
>
>This isn't being directed to you, RKM, but you brought up something that I
>think everyone who deals with 56k (K56Flex, X2, or V.90) ought to
>read--especially because it concerns the Boardwatch article that you
>mentioned.
>
>See: http://www.nb.rockwell.com/news/general/rebukes_boardwatch.html
>
>I received this letter as snail-mail last week and I guess a few days later
>Rockwell Semiconductor Systems put it on their website.
>
>We have 3 Ascend Maxes (4004, 4048, 4002); two of which are K56Flex (6.0.0
>and K56Flex version 1.160). The 4002 is V.34 unfortunately.
>The highest initial connection speeds that we've logged are 48000 bps. If
>we were to go into some other city, they might be higher; they might be
>lower. The phone companies' phone lines have a great deal to do with
>connection speeds and reliability. In some areas K56Flex is better than
>X2; in others, it's the other way around.
>
>Josh Hillman
>hillman@talstar.com
>
>
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