{"id":13500,"date":"2015-02-06T23:20:17","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T23:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/v-90-announced-2\/"},"modified":"2015-02-06T23:20:17","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T23:20:17","slug":"v-90-announced-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/v-90-announced-2\/","title":{"rendered":"V.90 Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-736\">\n<div class=\"format_text entry-content\">\n<div class=\"bottomcontainerBox c7\">\n<div class=\"c6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fpinterest.com%2Fpin%2Fcreate%2Fbutton%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fthisdayintechhistory.com%252F02%252F06%252Fv-90-announced%252F%26amp%3Bmedia%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fthisdayintechhistory.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2011%252F02%252Fmodem.jpeg\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\" rel=\"lightbox[736]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/c5be9__pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-737\" title=\"Modem\" alt=\"Modem\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/afe4e__modem.jpeg\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/>February 6, 1998<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itu.int%2Fnewsarchive%2Fpress_releases%2F1998%2F04.html\" target=\"_blank\">V.90 modem standard is announced and agreed upon<\/a>. This ended a couple of years of customer confusion, as <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F56_kbit%2Fs_modem\" target=\"_blank\">two competing 56k modem protocols (K56Flex and X2)<\/a> were in common use at the time. The V.90 standard unified the protocols and was crafted specifically to allow both types of modems to be upgraded via firmware. V.90 was also called V.last by some, as it was expected to be the last possible upgrade to modem technology. It virtually was, because even though V.92 later supplanted V.90, it didn\u2019t increase the top-end speed of modem bandwidth and by that time, broadband access was already eating away at dial-up marketshare.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bottomcontainerBox c7\">\n<div class=\"c6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fpinterest.com%2Fpin%2Fcreate%2Fbutton%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fthisdayintechhistory.com%252F02%252F06%252Fv-90-announced%252F%26amp%3Bmedia%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fthisdayintechhistory.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2011%252F02%252Fmodem.jpeg\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\" rel=\"lightbox[736]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/c5be9__pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Previous post: <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fthisdayintechhistory.com%2F02%2F06%2Fthe-woz-leaves-apple%2F\" rel=\"prev\">The Woz Leaves Apple<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/afe4e__p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/thisdayintechhistory.com\/02\/06\/v-90-announced\/\">This Day in Tech History<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 6, 1998 The V.90 modem standard is announced and agreed upon. This ended a couple of years of customer confusion, as two competing 56k modem protocols (K56Flex and X2) were in common use at the time. 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