Courier V.90 56K Standard Upgrades: info from 3Com

Regarding a previous report of upgrade software and firmware for Courier V.90 56K modems, David Nicolson forwarded us the following memo from USR/3Com:

The new upgrade code for Courier modems is days away from being available for download from the 3Com (formally U.S. Robotics) web site. We expect to have the new code up on the web Monday March 23, 1998 and be shipping our brand new Courier V.90 56K products. Some additional information of note:

1. All customers that have purchased native x2 capable Couriers or have upgraded their Couriers to x2 are eligible for FREE UPGRADES to the V.90 56K standard.
2. Customers with V.34 Couriers can upgrade to the V.90 56K standard for $60.
3. The new V.90 software is completely backward compatible with x2 so you can access servers running either code (or of course lower speed standards where appropriate).
4. Our initial testing with V.90 has shown excellent performance (in many cases even better than x2).
5. For those of you that also own Courier I-modems (the least expensive form factor for hosting 56K connections, in server mode) the new code should be available at that same web site FOR FREE, within a week or so.
6. For those of you that are using International versions of the Courier products, the V.90 upgrade code should be available in early April for analog modems and later in April for Courier I-modems.