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This standard was made by US Robotics to indicate that its modems are superior to a standard V.34 modem in that they run at 33.6 KB baud instead of the slower 28.8 KB baud.
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V.34+ - By Ryan SingelBusiness travelers may soon have one more item to stuff in theircarry-on: a trusted-traveler card to speed them through securitylines.The Transportation Security Administration plans to start testing aregistered-traveler identification program in June, which will letthose who volunteer for a background check avoid tight screening atthe airport.While civil liberties groups have questioned the plan's merits, travelindustry groups have welcomed it, calling the proposal a way toexpedite travel and increase security without the costs and privacyconcerns associated with CAPPS II, the TSA's ongoing attempt to createa new computerized passenger-screening program.Currently, passengers who book one-way flights, pay with cash or buytheir tickets close to their departure date are flagged by acomputerized passenger-screening system as potential terrorists.Those passengers, along with a random selection of other travelers,have the code "SSSS" printed on their boarding passes, which leads tointensive scrutiny that can cause them to miss their flights.http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,62777,00.html[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: My questions would be these: If infact you miss your flight because of the stupidity of the screeningprocess, does the airline at least give you your money back or putyou on another plane leaving *soon* to your destination, or are youjust out of luck. Question two: So with the 'trusted traveler'plan, what is to prevent (not meaning to stereotype or stigmatizeany nationality) your 'typical' suicide bomber -- if there is sucha category of person -- from being on his best behavior long enoughto get one of those cards, *then* on one of his trips abroad orwherever, smuggling in a gun and using it en-route? The last timeI took an airplane anywhere was from Tulsa to Chicago in May, 2000,and with conditions as they are now, I sincerely doubt I will everboard a plane again. I *much prefer* riding a bus for long trips. PAT]
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