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- From: paul.blitz@enterprise.net (Paul Blitz)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.bbs.tbbs
- Subject: Re: RACK MOUNT for USR SPORTSTERS
- Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1996 23:16:41 GMT
- Organization: enterprise plc
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- bubba@insync.net (Bill Garfield) wrote:
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-
- >But what concernes me more is that -ANYONE- would ever consider
- >using low-end consumer grade modems in a commercial central site
- >host system.
-
-
- The company I work for sells LAN connectivity ... which includes
- routers / bridges for linking LANS, as well as LAN remote-access
- products.
-
- I keep trying to get our sales people to explain to customers why they
- should NOT buy cheap modems..... however, the customers STILL buy them
- for central-site use:
-
- 1) as they have eproms, they can't have the software easily upgraded
- to fix bugs
-
- 2) low cost units do NOT have as good performance ah more expensive
- units.... UNIdirectionally, they may seem ok, but BIdirectionally
- (which is what you get when remotely accessing a LAN) they are crap!
-
- 3) Is such a unit going to be reliable enough for 24/7/365 use?
-
- Paul
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