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Re: (ASCEND) V.90 beta

At 06:14 PM 5/11/98 -0500, Brett Hawn wrote:
>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.

Brett, my dear fellow. Most people here tend to respect that I'm pretty
staight
when things like this are concerned. I try to be as unbiased as possible,
that's
why I'm part of the Customer Satisfaction group rather than Customer Support.

FACT: We have demonstrated interoperability with USR based V.90 client modems.
FACT: We have demonstrated that the V.90 code is stable. Not many of the BETA
      testers have commented due to the agreement that nothing would be
discussed
      prior to the open BETA. Those that have, stated that they are still
running
      the code - i.e. they have not downgraded to the supposedly more "mature"
      K56 versions.

>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. 

They *have been* getting V.90 connections already. Even in the pre-released
versions of the code. Rockwell/Rockwell and Rockwell/USR are working just
fine in the vast majority of cases.

>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.

Thanks Brett. I appreciate your opinion. 


Kevin Smith			Ascend Communications...
Customer Satisfaction	...where Network Solutions never end.
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