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- From: cpicket@ns.net (Chris Pickett)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: High speed modem for a noisy line
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 16:52:13 -0800
- Organization: Studio42
- Message-ID: <cpicket-1501961652130001@ppp19.ns.net>
- References: <4da576$d2t$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> <4dbd2g$ot1@tst.hk.super.net>
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- In article <4dbd2g$ot1@tst.hk.super.net>, Ken Adler <adler@hk.super.net> wrote:
-
- > Ramon A. Zamora <71572.507@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
- > >I wish to buy a 28.8 modem for a very noisy line. But I don't
- > >know what to buy.
- >
- > checkout Penril's V.34 modem. Noisy lines our specialty....
- >
- > http://www.penril.com
- >
- > the Network Computing report:
- >
- > http://techweb.cmp.com:80techweb/nc/615/615rev1.html
- >
- >
- > Ken Adler
- > General Manager, Asia/Pacific
- > Penril Datability Networks
-
- This is not a direct reply, but merely a correction to a previous post I
- made to this article.
-
- Ken felt I did a really poor job in my wording of my previous post. He
- felt my statement made him appear less than truthful. Honestly, that was
- not my intent. Let me take this opportunity to clarify what I said and
- what I meant.
-
- I said not to take his word at face-value. What I should have said was:
- There is more than one solution to this problem.
-
- While Ken's solution may work in 90% or greater of such instances of noisy
- lines, I wanted to provide some other alternative solutions before the
- end-user buys new hardware.
-
- So, let me restate the options:
- OK, you can buy a Penril modem. Sure, they are expensive, but that's what
- quality costs.
- Or you could buy an AT&T Paradyne modem. They cost even more than Penril,
- but again, quality comes at a premium.
- Then there's the US Robotics solutions, preferable the Courier modems.
- Again, expensive but it may solve the problem.
-
- Now, before you go out and spend all this money on a good modem, try the
- following options that you may have available:
- If you have cellular capabilities, try enabling those. Specifically, MNP10
- and ETC(Extended Throughput Cellular). This is a nice one-way noise
- filter. While it can't prevent ALL noise, it can help. For example, right
- now my line is pure hell. With my cellular features disabled, I cannot
- maintain a connection. With cellular enabled, I can train up to 28.8, but
- for the most part, the signal degrades so bad that I can barely maintain a
- 2400 connection.
-
- Don't forget to have the phone company come out and FIX the problem, as in
- almost all instances, noise is coming from the phone company's wires, not
- your in-house wiring.
-
- (Note: I'm having the phone company work on my line right now. It's WORSE.)
-
- So, Penril is not the only possible solution, but it is one of those
- options available to you. Exercise your options. But in the end, it may be
- more beneficial to buy a high-quality modem instead of the thing on
- clearance or in the el-cheapo bins, or the cheapest.
-
- Ken, I hope this clears things up. I think you'll agree that you did
- deserve a correction for my previous posting.
-
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