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- From: rparkins@infotel-systems.com (Richard Parkinson)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: GV Platinum Opinions
- Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 21:12:02 -0800
- Organization: Infotel Systems Corp.
- Message-ID: <rparkins-0602962112020001@van-as-04a04.direct.ca>
- References: <gerrym-0202961721590001@apm0-19.realtime.com>
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-
- I have been using this modem for several months on a Quadra 950 and am
- generally happy with it.
-
- It has a couple of annoyances:
-
- 1. It only has 3 lights, modem on, carrier detect, and receive data. I
- would prefer more lights.
- 2. I have been unable, not have GV been able to tell me how to know how
- fast I actually
- am running when connecting to the internet.
- 3. Their Global Village fax software is quite nice, but ptoprietary to
- their modem only.
-
- If I were buying again , I would consider the Practical Peripherals modem that
- has several LCD display lines, or one with more LED status lights.
-
- Also if you need voice, ans. machine and fax sharing make sure the modem
- you buy has that feature, as the platinum has.
-
- I would not buy a modem that doesn't have Flash ROM, as the platinum does,
- sothat you can download ROM updates
- as necessary from the net.
-
-
- Regards
-
- richard
-
-
- In article <gerrym-0202961721590001@apm0-19.realtime.com>, gerrym@bga.com
- (Gerry Moravec) wrote:
-
- > Hi,
- >
- > I'm interested in purchasing a GlobalVillage TelePort Platinum modem for
- > my Performa 6115.
- >
- > Any comments, suggestions, opinions would be greatly appreciated before I
- > make my final decision. I e-mailed a question to their tech support and
- > never received a response from them. Heard in the past that their tech
- > support leaves a lot to be desired!
- >
- > I'll be mainly using it for the Internet with faxing at times.
- >
- > E-mailing or posting here would be fine.
- >
- > -TIA
- >
- > Gerry
- >
- > --
- > Gerry Moravec
- > <gerrym@bga.com>
-