[comp.dcom.modems] Connecting Brand X to Brand Y V.32 modems

glass@vixvax.mgi.com (William H. Glass) (12/01/90)

Something that has bothered me about the PC Magazine review of V.32 modems
was the difficulties in getting Brand X to connect to Brand Y.  What good
is a standard if equipment from different manufacturers still doesn't work
together?  Although it appears that PC Magazine didn't really test all possible
combinations of the 7 modems being reviewed, there were certainly comments
about several combinations that didn't work at all, or worked in only one
direction.  Is the some knowledgeable person out there who can provide some
information as to what is going on?  Or, is the V.32 standard really just
a myth and what we really have is still a collection of proprietary
implementations?

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William H. Glass                        Internet: glass@mgi.com
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