Considering the battle to set the standard for 56K modem. Set in 1996, this case is considered as computers access the Internet through a phone line or dial-up connection, and hardware modem. In 1995 there were 18.6 million total supply unit modem, with market revenues of $ 5.8 billion. Dominant producer modems were U.S. Robotics, a company based in Skokie, Illinois with 20 years of experience in the business today. In September 1996, U.S. Robotics announced x2 - new technologies modem that can transmit data at twice the speed of 28.8 kbps modem transmission. U.S. Robotics was control over patents, which are essential for 56K technology. However, a few weeks after the announcement of U.S. Robotics, Rockwell and Lucent announced soon introduce a similar 56K technology called "K56 Plus". Both x2 and K56Plus would be able to communicate with older standards modems, but not with each other. "Hide
by David B. Yoffie, Debbie Fryer 3 pages. Publication Date: May 20, 2004. Prod. #: 704501-PDF-ENG
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