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At 10:50 AM 1/21/98 -0500, Robert Dewar wrote: >the more important thing at this stage is to make sure that any 56K >modem you buy can be updated to the new unified standard (both existing >standards are obsolescent). > To my knowledge, both Rockwell/Lucent, makers of 56k flex technology, and USR, maker of x2 technology, have promised free upgrade paths to the new standard. Theoretically, that means that neither existing standard is obsolescent, because both are upgradeable at no charge. My sense is that if you own a USR x2 you're in good shape, because of their flash-ROM capability, meaning you should be able to accomplish the upgrade over a telephone line. On the Rockwell side, though, I believe there are some modems where hardware would have to be swapped out, and that could get problematic. -- Peter Lewis pele@wolfenet.com