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Article #7Re: Sportster Vi 28,800 modem - any good ?
From: Donna Forosisky
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 14:20
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 14:20
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In article <4htnon$i4f@piglet.cc.utexas.edu>, victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu says... > > >I've been using mine for a few months now connecting >exclusively to a pool of USR Couriers. I never have a problem >at all with the modem. As far as I can tell, I always >connected at 28.8 (using Linux most of the time). >However, the part that makes the modem a "Vi," that is >the Voice part is useless for most practical purpose. >It's not a problem for me because I bought it at a price >much lower than a regular but you might want to reasses >your selection if voice mail is important for you. >The other things people complained about here include >the volume button that doesn't work as conveniently as >with the regular Sportster, the problem at 57.6 setting >with the old 28.8 (I don't know about the 33.6). > >Hope this helps. This sounds like an external modem...I guess I should say that the modem with which I am having so much trouble is an internal. Donna
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!news.enter.net!usenet From: frisk@enter.net (Donna Forosisky) Newsgroups: uk.comp.misc,uk.net,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Sportster Vi 28,800 modem - any good ? Date: 10 Mar 1996 14:20:24 GMT Organization: PRSM Systems Message-ID: <4huof9$5qh@news.enter.net> References: <31372FE6.4E3B@vax.sbu.ac.uk> <4hqstk$h0d@newsgate.dircon.co.uk> <jpa-0903961739590001@ana1054.deltanet.com> <4htnon$i4f@piglet.cc.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp51.enter.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.4