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- From: philh@mindspring.com (Phil Haseltine)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Please Suggest Good 28.8 to buy
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 00:48:22 GMT
- Organization: me@my.house
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- freemn15@ix.netcom.com (Robert Freeman) wrote:
-
- >>Cardinal 28.8 external, better quality, better price. Only $139 mail
- >>order.
- >>
- >>Phil
- >>
- >there is no better modem available than the usr courier v.everything. no review
- >I've ever read has said anything positive about the cardinal modems aside from
- >their being cheap. like yugo's. most isp's I've heard of use usr modems. and why
- >waste space using an external modem anyway? they are more expensive and unless
- >you're using a raggedy comm pakage you're not missing anything anyway.
-
- Cardinal came in first on two separate test reports in the last year.
- No, it's not the fastest, but within 10% of the USR, which cost $50-70
- more. Not worth the price/performance. Actually, I would like to
- see a test with the new 1.4 firmware. You are most likely correct
- about most ISP's having USR. Mine does and USR had to come onsite for
- months to fix them. Why would you want an internal modem? Well, when
- you have no IRQ's left.... If I have to reset my external, just power
- off/on. Try that with an internal. Any way... to each his own. I
- have bought 5 and use them on our million dollar computer systems at
- work too. Work fine, last long time (lifetime warranty).
-
- Phil
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