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- From: landen@bios.frg.eur.nl (Peter van der LAnden)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Is 33.6 only available for USR?
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 14:37:11 GMT
- Organization: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
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- John White <jwhite@fishnet.net> wrote:
-
- >No Problem! My testing shows NO IMPROVEMENT with the 10/18 ROM
- >used in the latest Sportster. It NEVER ONCE has got even a 28.8
- >connection. Other modems I use such as Supra, PPI get and MAINTAIN 28.8
- >connection over 50% of the time. Another example of USR hyping up and
- >pushing to market something that does not have the bugs worked out yet!
-
- My Couriers get consistent 33.6 connections on Dutch phone lines.
-
- Unfortunately, 3 of the 6 external Couriers I bought have broken down
- in a few months. Maybe you're lucky not to get 33.6 connections, the
- modems don't seem to be able to take the speed...
-
- Regards,
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