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Re: (ASCEND) V.90 beta
Funny, my experience, while completely unofficial and off the record, has
been completely different for v.90.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Hawn <blh@staff.texas.net>
To: Kevin A. Smith <kevin@ascend.com>; ascend-users@bungi.com
<ascend-users@bungi.com>
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: (ASCEND) V.90 beta
>On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 01:27:02PM -0700, Kevin A. Smith stated
>> Any X2 client that is upgraded to V.90 should be able to connect to *ANY*
>> of the servers that are V.90 enabled.
>
>In a year or so maybe... you don't really expect us to buy this bull do you
>Kevin? There might be a few idiots out there that would fall this line, or
>some young enough to not remember how mangled v.34 was for the first year
or
>so, but I think the rest of us know this is a lot of vaporwair talk right
>now. The v.90 'ratified' by the ITU is simply some basic specifications, it
>never even dug into the really juicy stuff.
>
>Bottom line:
>
> If Ascend wants to keep customers the first thing they need to do is stop
>having the blind lead the blind. Be up front about the fact that no.. those
>with USR's version of v.90 aren't going to get v.90 connects to Ascend's
>equipment for a nice long time. There's a damn long way to go before we see
>any true interoprability amongst vendors and you telling people that its
>here now is just plain lying.
>
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