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In article <EFHd3cABU1Q0Ew4$@musonix.demon.co.uk>, Paul Terry
<paul@musonix.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <876815560.0021398.0@office.demon.net>  wrote:
>>I don't recall us ever giving advice about purchasing Motorola modems, just
>>about purchasing standards-conforming modems.
>"Connecting to Demon Internet was trouble-free using the Motorola"
>(Dispatches 3, Spring 1996)

I pulled out our copy of Dispatches 3 and quickly skimmed the article in
question.  AFAICT if the testers said anything at all about connecting
to Demon, they claimed to have no problems.  For the rest of the modems,
they say absolutely nothing about whether they could connect or not.

A couple of examples:

Frontier XL28E: "We had no problems at all with the XL288E [sic], and
connecting to Demon Internet couldn't have been simpler ..."

Frontier Viper 288: "All the default settings worked perfectly for
connecting to Demon ..."

Pace Linnet 34 fx: "Connecting to Demon Internet with the Linnet 34 fx
was trouble-free during our tests ..."

Since this type of comment seemed to be common to almost all the modems
tested, how do you translate it into recommending the Motorola 3400?

Heck, it didn't even get an honourable mention, which means it came at
least fifth out of nine modems tested.  It doesn't sound like you based
your purchasing decision on *this* group test.
-- 
Phil Boswell
Strictly my own opinion, as if anyone else would want it ...
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