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Re: (ASCEND) V.90 Status?

I hope Rockwell does better with the server-side V.90 modem chipset than
they did with the client-side modem chipset. 

>From what I read in the PC World Online article 2/25/98, a Rockwell
representative confirmed that Rockwell's existing client-side modems don't
have enough flash memory to store both V.90 and K56flex firmware at the same
time, what modem vendors call "dual mode." If dial-in users upgrade to V.90
before their ISP does, they could find themselves back in the world of V.34,
connecting at 28.8 or 33.6 kbps. In the meantime, if you need to connect to
both V.90 and K56flex sites, or if you upgrade to V.90 and want to go back,
some modem vendors (for example Hayes) will offer tools for toggling the
firmware between V.90 and K56flex. What a nightmare!!!! To fix that problem,
Rockwell will ship new 56-kbps modems based on the new two-chip design which
will have room for both V.90 and K56flex firmware.

Rockwell's RC56CSM chipset for central-site modem equipment is flash-based
so I believe it's software-upgradable to V.90. I, however, can NOT confirm
that it has enough memory to hold both V.90 and K56flex. Can someone from
Rockwell or Ascend comment on this ??? If Rockwell's central-site modems
suffer the same problem as the client-side chipset, then we are going for a
treat. I don't want to tell my K56flex users to dial in one MAX for K56flex
and my V.90 users to dial-in another MAX for V.90....Or better yet, a
hardware upgrade to support both K56flex and V.90 in the same chassis!!! We
all like new hardware !!!

Tuan Le
Product Manager
Advanced Computer Communications

At 09:54 PM 4/7/98 -0400, Jason Nealis wrote:
>
> Ascend is working closely with Rockwell and other modem manufactures in
>getting V.90 up and stable, I doubt that it's shipping day 1 on the 6000,
>with Ascend's history they would want that 6000 to be the most stable
>product they have, Why put V.90 on it day one?
>
>Jason Nealis
>Director Internet Operations / Network Access
>Erols Internet
>

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