Response Of The Week: 3Com/USR Is Great For 56K
News This will be the kick in the pants USR needed to bring it in line with the majority-backed spec. "This is the best news possible for everybody who has been driven to distraction by the fragmenting of 56K.
[March 7, 1997, 16:52]
USR Sets 56K Modem Price... In US Dollars
News Buyers who acquired their USR units after November 25 get a free upgrade but not all devices wil be upgradable. USR UK spokesmen wouldn't comment on UK pricing or availability but confirmed that an announcement will be made "shortly".
[January 24, 1997, 11:20]
3Com, USR Merger Could Bring 56K Modem Peace
News In the teleconference to announce the merger yesterday afternoon, spokesmen for the companies did not cover how they plan to progress. US Robotics is currently going solo with its X2 technology while 3Com is a backer of Rockwell/Lucent's Open 56K...
[February 27, 1997, 11:28]
Quotes Of The Week, March 3-7
News USR has been invited to join, but has so far declined. We believe USR will have little choice but to join, since 3Com supports the group. "No customers have been affected by this issue to date. There is only one Web site that illustrates the issue...
[March 7, 1997, 10:38]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News This is a rerun of 56k modems, where politicking and bluster has led to the whole market being poisoned: I bet if Rockwell, Lucent and USR/3Com had agreed an interoperable standard, they'd all have sold a ton more modems by now.
[November 8, 1997, 7:00]
Quotes Of The Week, October November 18-22
News With USR you can buy it quickly with a software upgrade but what are you going to have to do when there's a standard? USR in everybody's opinion jumped the gun. To us [USR's announcement] was just a marketing deal.
[November 22, 1996, 10:01]
Rupert Goodwins' 12 Best Days Of 1997
News squeals Anne, as I point out www.usr.com on the printout. I can't possibly give any credence to the rumour (from sources close to the companies concerned) that US Robotics had swapped their presentation at the last minute: UUNet had insisted that...
[December 29, 1997, 7:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog This is a rerun of 56k modems, where politicking and bluster has led to the whole market being poisoned: I bet if Rockwell, Lucent and USR/3Com had agreed an interoperable standard, they'd all have sold a ton more modems by now.
[November 8, 1997, 7:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Indeed, 3Com/USR has bought a licence from him, but how this affects the ITU V.pcm standard is not clear. A grand night out in town has a bucket of cold water thrown over it by the news from Paris. Watch the announcer on BBC try and fail to come...
[September 6, 1997, 9:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News Indeed, 3Com/USR has bought a licence from him, but how this affects the ITU V.pcm standard is not clear. A grand night out in town has a bucket of cold water thrown over it by the news from Paris. Watch the announcer on BBC try and fail to come...
[September 6, 1997, 8:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog By the time 3Com/USR had reached agreement with the rest of the world, the warehouses were full of stock that just wasn't selling, the Internet was full of ISPs who just weren't going to upgrade until the standard had been sorted out, and everyone...
[February 12, 1999, 17:35]
Kewney: Dell Win A Coup For Psion Dacom
News Worse, Motorola's Cellect is made by a subsidiary business which is even less integrated with Motorola's desktop modem division than is the case with US Robotics and the former Megahertz subsidiary which now makes the Sportster PC Cards - and the...
[December 15, 1997, 13:27]
Guy Kewney's Pre-Easter Diary
News I pick the Courier, because I'm sure USR wouldn't have two modems with a different command protocol, and bingo, it doesn't work at all. It makes for a busy day, trying to set up Wireplay. Yet another re-install, another attempt to configure another...
[April 11, 1998, 7:00]
Five Years Ago: 56K Modems Could Get Even Faster
News US Robotics(USR) confirmed today it plans to ship its x2 modems in February, probably making it the first vendor out of the door with the hyped technology. However, rival Lucent Technologies could trump USR's specification by boosting upstream...
[January 5, 2002, 6:01]
Comdex Fall, Las Vegas: 56K Modems Picture Looks Fuzzy
News While US Robotics (USR) cranked up the hype for its X2 56Kbit/sec modems at Comdex in Las Vegas this week, standards doubts were still muddying the picture for visitors. USR and Cardinal Technologies are following the same DSP-based route that...
[November 21, 1996, 9:26]
56K Modems Could Get Even Faster
News US Robotics(USR) confirmed today it plans to ship its x2 modems in February, probably making it the first vendor out of the door with the hyped technology. However, rival Lucent Technologies could trump USR's specification by boosting upstream...
[January 7, 1997, 14:08]
Netcom Opens Doors To X2 56K Modems
News Based on US Robotics' (USR) Total Control system, the world's largest ISP installed X2 capability at the end of last week. USR's X2 56Kbps modem specification is vying with K56flex for high-speed modem supremacy.
[May 7, 1997, 11:07]
A Year Ago: 56K Modems Could Go Faster
News US Robotics(USR) confirmed today it plans to ship its x2 modems in February, probably making it the first vendor out of the door with the hyped technology. However, rival Lucent Technologies could trump USR's specification by boosting upstream...
[January 7, 1998, 9:10]
