bovet@hao.ucar.edu (Ray Bovet) (05/17/91)
Someone asked about the advertised Forval modems recently. I was intrigued by their ad which promised future upgrades could be downloaded via phone line. So I gave them a call. They claim that the modem is shipping now with full V.32bis (and V.42 and V.42bis as well). The bad news from my point of view is the price of $ 1,250 for an external modem. I asked them if they had any future upgrades in mind and they said they expect a 19.2 k standard by the end of the year. Has anyone heard anything about a new standard at that speed? This was news to me. Ray
cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman) (05/19/91)
In article <11444@ncar.ucar.edu> bovet@hao.ucar.edu (Ray Bovet) writes:
Someone asked about the advertised Forval modems recently. I was
intrigued by their ad which promised future upgrades could be
downloaded via phone line. So I gave them a call. They claim that
the modem is shipping now with full V.32bis (and V.42 and V.42bis
as well). The bad news from my point of view is the price of
$ 1,250 for an external modem. I asked them if they had any future
upgrades in mind and they said they expect a 19.2 k standard by the
end of the year. Has anyone heard anything about a new standard at
that speed? This was news to me.
Did you also ask them about their educational prices ? They are almost
50% off the price you mention.
Carl Edman
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