<s>
The	O
CompuCom	B-Device
SpeedModem	I-Device
was	O
an	O
early	O
high	O
speed	O
modem	B-Application
that	O
implemented	O
a	O
proprietary	O
9600bit/s	O
protocol	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
CompuCom	O
Speed	O
Protocol	O
(	O
CSP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
modems	B-Application
were	O
much	O
less	O
expensive	O
than	O
competing	O
high-speed	O
models	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
well	O
known	O
for	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
introduction	O
of	O
low-cost	O
standards-based	O
v.32bis	O
modems	B-Application
made	O
the	O
SpeedModem	O
disappear	O
with	O
surprising	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
modem	B-Application
supported	O
MNP5	B-Device
data	B-General_Concept
compression	I-General_Concept
and	O
their	O
own	O
format	O
,	O
CSP-3	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
claimed	O
was	O
as	O
effective	O
as	O
v.42bis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
connections	O
to	O
other	O
modems	B-Application
,	O
the	O
SpeedModem	O
supported	O
V.22bis	O
for	O
2400bit/s	O
support	O
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
1200	O
and	O
300bit/s	O
support	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
reasons	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
recorded	O
in	O
the	O
historical	O
record	O
,	O
the	O
SpeedModem	O
had	O
problems	O
connecting	O
over	O
packet	B-Protocol
switching	I-Protocol
networks	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
commercial	O
online	O
service	O
connections	O
problematic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
,	O
the	O
very	O
low	O
price	O
led	O
to	O
many	O
concerns	O
about	O
quality	O
and	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
it	O
was	O
worth	O
buying	O
a	O
non-standard	O
modem	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SpeedModems	O
came	O
to	O
market	O
shortly	O
before	O
the	O
first	O
v.32bis	O
modems	B-Application
,	O
which	O
ran	O
at	O
14,400	O
bit/s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
were	O
initially	O
much	O
more	O
expensive	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
SupraFAXModem	B-Device
14400	I-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
1992	O
at	O
$399	O
,	O
offering	O
even	O
higher	O
performance	O
,	O
complete	O
compatibility	O
with	O
all	O
other	O
modems	B-Application
,	O
and	O
adding	O
a	O
fax	O
capability	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CompuCom	O
responded	O
by	O
introducing	O
faster	O
14.4	O
and	O
19.2	O
kbit/s	O
CSP	O
modems	B-Application
,	O
but	O
they	O
were	O
drowned	O
out	O
in	O
a	O
market	O
flooded	O
with	O
v.32bis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
had	O
little	O
or	O
no	O
price	O
advantage	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
standards-based	O
modems	B-Application
,	O
and	O
little	O
time	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
before	O
CompuCom	O
Communications	O
went	O
out	O
of	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
remaining	O
vestige	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
is	O
the	O
"	O
CSP	O
"	O
flag	O
in	O
the	O
FidoNet	O
nodelist	O
file	O
,	O
which	O
indicates	O
the	O
BBS	B-Application
system	I-Application
supports	O
the	O
CSP	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
