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- From: drosenzw@mci.newscorp.com (Daniel Rosenzweig)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Zoom V.34I 28.8modem users PLEASE READ!!
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 96 23:53:55 GMT
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- References: <4drq7a$32c@news.aloha.com>
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- One more thing, I would suggest Emailing zoomrep@aol.com over leaving a msg at
- the WWW site (in terms of speed of responce)
-
-
- In article <4drq7a$32c@news.aloha.com>, cryptorl@aloha.com (Cryptoman) wrote:
- >Hi all. I currently use a Zoom 28.8 faxModem model 279 (pretty sure that is
- >the model number) and have a few questions/comments for fellow users. I live
- >in Hawaii and when I connect to my local ISP I am lucky to get a 24K connect.
- >Out of 100 connects 4 will be 24K, 20 will be at 21.6K and 40 will be a 19.2K
- >while the others will fall anywhere between 14.4 and 16.8. Some of this is
- >due to the poor phone lines which we have on the Island, but I think some of
- >it is due to the modem itself. In the Feb 96 PC World magazine, a writer
- >wrote a thanks to the staff of the magazine which he said told him about an
- >EPROM upgrade chip from Zoom (he also referenced a Nov issue of the same
- >magazine which turned him to the upgrade). After doing some research at the
- >PC World site I located the article I think he was talking about.
- >
- >In a nutshell, the article tells about the people at PC World doing some
- tests
- >on modems and the found that many were only getting connects at 24K or 21.6K
- >instead of 28.8K. The also said that most of these modems had a Rockwell
- Data
- >Pump R6682-26 with modem controller chip L39XX-XX with Firmware previous to
- >ver 1.3. Just curious about other users of the Zoom V.34I and there connect
- >speeds. I sent a email to Zoom on their web page today and will let you all
- >know what I hear back from them about the EPROM upgrade. Thanks for your
- >time.
- >
- >-----------------------------------|
- >Relaxing on the beaches of Hawaii |
- >Finger for PGP key |
- >Poot pasa Thai di |
- >Cryptanalysis is the key |
- >------------------------------------
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