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- From: dave@caffeine.com (Dave Wells)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Hayes Century rackmount, any good?
- Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 07:20:45 -0800
- Organization: NetGate Communications
- Message-ID: <dave-0902960720450001@toaster.netgate.net>
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- In article <3118e4a2.7633266@news.kdcol.com>, dave@mail.kdcol.com (Dave
- Martin) wrote:
-
- >I need to know about the Hayes Century 16 rackmount system.
- >
- >I'm wondering if I should risk it or not. We are currently
- >experimenting with USR MP/16 rackmounts.
- >
- >We need reliable modems that can be left alone for weeks or months and
- >just work. The century 16 is tempting, but Hayes doesn't seem to have
- >a very good reputation lately.
- >
- >What's the support like? Do/will they do 33.6?
-
- Good questions. We're also using the MP/16's, and received the Hayes ISP
- mailing last week. I checked with them, and they aren't going to be
- providing 33.6 for some time. They said "not until after it's
- approved". And added that "it won't be a flash update - hardware
- upgrades [a PROM I assume] will be required". If it's worth anything, the
- answer came not 15 minutes after I posted the question. Either they're
- good, or they're over-staffed. :-)
-
- Still, they do look nice, and seem much more manageable than these cyclops
- MP16's. Does anybody else have a hell of a time getting their MP/16's to
- work reliably without making custom "hospital-grade" cables?
-
- -Dave
-