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Victor Tang <tang> wrote:

>I am reading the threads in the newsgroup and find out that choosing a modem 
>for my new pc is the most diffcult task.

>So can someone just suggest a modem ( brand and specific model no) which will 
>do a decent job for my need. Most of the time I will use it for surfing or
>sometimes PPP/SLIP. I rarely use it to connect BBS. I don't need any other 
>fancy features like fax/voice since primarily I use it to connect to internet.

>I think I will only use it for a year maximum because every year there must be
>some new standards come out which force you changing a new one.

>The price is also a concern but I will weight it less than the quality of the 
>modem itself. 

>Thanks for any suggestion
>-vic

I've got a USRobotics Sportster 28,800 that I am very pleased with.
I've read some flames on this group about it, but my experience has
been very favorable.  Its easy to hook up (it comes with an
installation program that checks out your system to help configure
it), comes with decent communications and fax software, and works
great.  I had mine up and running within 20 minutes.

I originally bought a cheap modem (Newcomm 28,800) and it was a piece
of junk!  It was a bear to install, it was slow, liked to disconnect
for no apparant reason, and just was generally a pain in the rear.