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In article <42pc8k$2gm@vista.hevanet.com>, hb <hb@hevanet.com> wrote:
:Victor Tang <tang> wrote:
:>I don't need any other fancy features...
:
:Try a Cardinal 228i (internal model).  Personal experience and comments
:in this forum have shown it to be a good unit.  Dependable high speed
:data and fax;  low price ($125 mail order/$149 locally);  flashROM
:upgrade capability (not data pump);  reasonable e-mail/phone support.
:

I have found that the Cardinal modems I have worked with (the 14.4K versions) 
to be basically unreliable related to  the quality of connetions.  This is 
based on supporting the ramp up of 12,000 users onto a online realty 
multilisting service.  Who knows, the maker of Cardinal may have changed this 
in thier 28.8K modem.  Still, it was a better modem than the Zoom modem.

Stay away from Boca.  You either get a good, reliable modem, or you get 
garbage (unreliable connects).  Over the three years of working with this 
modem (with the 1,000 dial-in users using this modem), and the excuses Boca 
had for thier quality control problems, I would stay away from this modem.

Stay away from Zoom modems.  This has been the most unreliable modem I have 
ever worked with in my 12 year career involved with supporting dial-in users 
on minicomputers.  I am sure there are exceptions, but my experience has shown 
they are garbage. 

I have had good results from Practical Peripherals and U.S. Robotics Courier. 
The Sportster modem should be a workable modem too.  The redesign of the 
Sportster had significant problems (I think the "forgetful" engineer forgot to 
test the modem before releasing it into production).  All of this version had 
to be recalled back to the factory.  Since then, I have not heard of any 
serious complaints about this modem.

Also, you may consider the Telebit Worlblazer modems.  The Multitech line of 
modems are OK.

RCG