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Article #27Re: Modem gripe (WAS: CRL's modems)
From: Philip J. Koenig
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 00:00
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 00:00
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Jeff Walkup <jwalkup@crl.com> wrote: >What's wrong with the Sportster? Besides the fact that it blows chunks >with CRL's MultiYeechs? ;) That is quite possibly due to a USR issue, not a Multitech one. See comp.dcom.modems. >Dunno how you can beat a 33.6 modem for $189. No problems with mine, >except with CRL but that's CRL's fault for using those cheap imitation >modems... Anyway I lock the baud rate at 24.0 or 26.4 and it's much >better, usually. Multitech's like what CRL has (I assume they are using the managed rackmounts) are not cheap modems by any stretch. If you had any idea what some ISP's are running, you'd get the point. Re: $189, if you're looking for cheap, how about a 28.8 USR clone from some Baby Bell (Southwestern Bell?) I saw at NCA the other day for something like $119! Phil -- Philip J. Koenig Computers & Communications pjk@aimnet.com [Notice: the contents of any unsolicited email sent to this email address is hereby declared public property and may be used for any purpose I deem necessary. You have been warned.]
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