Bay readies new 56-kbps gear
The company completes testing of the new high-speed modem standard and will begin offering remote access supporting the standard next quarter.
Bay Networks says it has completed testing of the new standard for 56-kbps modems and will begin offering remote access supporting the standard next quarter.
Announced last month by the International Telecommunications Union, the v.90 standard for 56-kbps modems is expected to ensure that any consumer using the high-speed devices modem will be able to dial up any service or network.
Before the v.90 standard, users of 3Com's x2 system or K56flex technology from Rockwell or Lucent had to choose an Internet service provider that supported the 56-kbps modem they were using. The competing K56Flex and x2 technologies are incompatible.