Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 683
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest"<deadmail>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:03:59 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

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Tuesday 19 August 2003
 Number  683
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Subjects for today
 
1   * Reminder * - Melbourne OS/2 SIG Meeting : List Admin" <deadmail at os2 dot org dot au>
2   56k Flex modems : Ian Manners" <deadmail>
3  Re:  56k Flex modems : Michael Barrow" <thebarrows at iinet dot net dot au>
4  Re:  56k Flex modems : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
5  Re:  56k Flex modems : Michael Barrow" <thebarrows at iinet dot net dot au>

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Date:  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 02:05:00 +1000 (EDT)
From:  "List Admin" <deadmail at os2 dot org dot au>
Subject:   * Reminder * - Melbourne OS/2 SIG Meeting

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Melbourne August OS/2 SIG Meeting 

Date:   Tuesday, 26th Aug 2003
Time:  6:30PM - 9:30PM
Place:  Melbourne PC Group
           Victoria, Australia.

John Angelico Presents :-
Setting up JunkSpy on the "server side" of a connection
to filter junk from a number of email accounts. Demo with
Weasel mail server and a demo copy of JunkSpy.

The Monthly Meeting of Melbourne OS/2 SIG 
Normally held the fourth Tuesday of each month.
Except December.
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Date:  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 02:17:23 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Ian Manners" <deadmail>
Subject:   56k Flex modems

Hi all

Here is a question for modem gurus amongst you.

If your ISP has V90 56k modem ports, will a 56k Flex modem
still connect ok, and at what speed ?

56k 2x, and 56k Flex are the original competing 56k semi standards
before 56k V90 was released to be the one Standard.

Cheers
Ian Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

Sign on motorway garage:  PLEASE DO NOT SMOKE NEAR OUR PETROL PUMPS. YOUR LIFE MAY NOT BE WORTH MUCH BUT OUR PETROL IS
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Date:  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:41:31 +1000
From:  "Michael Barrow" <thebarrows at iinet dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  56k Flex modems

** Reply to message from "Ian Manners" <deadmail> on Tue, 19 Aug 2003
02:17:23 +1000 (EST)

> If your ISP has V90 56k modem ports, will a 56k Flex modem
> still connect ok, and at what speed ?
> 
> 56k 2x, and 56k Flex are the original competing 56k semi standards
> before 56k V90 was released to be the one Standard.

Ian,
V90 is supposed to be compatable across both standards.
I'll check further at work today.
Regards,

Michael
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Date:  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 20:12:29 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  56k Flex modems

Michael Barrow wrote:

> ** Reply to message from "Ian Manners" <deadmail> on Tue, 19 Aug 2003
> 02:17:23 +1000 (EST)
>
>
> > If your ISP has V90 56k modem ports, will a 56k Flex modem
> > still connect ok, and at what speed ?
> >
> > 56k 2x, and 56k Flex are the original competing 56k semi standards
> > before 56k V90 was released to be the one Standard.
>
> Ian,
> V90 is supposed to be compatable across both standards.
> I'll check further at work today.
> Regards,
>
> Michael

No I think it was that K56 Flex and X2 56k modems were designed in
such a way that they should have been able to be upgraded to the V90
standard. It is possible that some implementations of V90 also support
X2 and K56 but they don't need to and remember the ISP end of a 56k
link is not a modem rather a digital connection to a telephone exchange.

Most likely is the maximum that a K56 modem can connect to a V90
connection is 28.8 Kb/s. 33.6k was a stretch to the 28.8 standard, much
in the way that V92 is a stretch to the V90 standard.

Cheers/2

Ed.

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Date:  Wed, 20 Aug 2003 05:52:33 +1000
From:  "Michael Barrow" <thebarrows at iinet dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  56k Flex modems

** Reply to message from Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au> on Tue, 19 Aug
2003 20:12:29 +1000
Ian / Ed,
Bit more info.
The K56 Flex was the more direct predecessor of V90. (x2 lost out)
My isp iinet has some info on the subject. Try this url and see how you go. 
http://www.iinet dot net dot au/support/modems/index.html
At the bottom of the page is suggestions on locking down to 44k, 33k or 28k
when the modem can't hack it.
Another point made by several people is that often the line is more of a
problem than the modem.
Regards,

Michael
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