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- From: mark@islandnet.com (Mark Morley)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Need Rackmount Recommendations
- Date: 3 Jan 1996 16:26:37 GMT
- Organization: Island Net in Victoria, B.C. Canada
- Message-ID: <4ceant$ea@sanjuan.islandnet.com>
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- We are an ISP and we need to start looking at different rack mount modems.
- We had standardized on USR Courier 28.8's (standalone) and then started
- buying the rack-mount versions. They work great, but USR can't provide
- them anymore. If they can't keep up it's time to look at other brands.
-
- We need rack-mount modems that support v.34 speeds. The units must have a
- fan for cooling. I don't really care if the individual modems are hot
- swapable. They should be pretty much ready to go out of the box (ie: all
- cables included).
-
- Any suggestions? Cost is not an issue.
-
- *DON'T* suggest Microcom - they stink. I have one of their rack units
- sitting here on my desk and it's about to be packaged up and sent back.
- What don't I like about it? Here's a list:
-
- - Twice as big as the USR racks.
- - About four times as heavy.
- - No cooling fan, runs hot.
- - Doesn't come with the proper cables so there's no way to plug in
- phone lines until you build them yourself or order them at an extra
- cost.
-
- Mark
-