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- From: dbotkin@probe.net (Dale Botkin)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Modem rack experiences?
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 02:57:34 GMT
- Organization: Probe Technology
- Message-ID: <4g8ovu$o4t@jake.probe.net>
- References: <4f4dns$p54@thales.nmia.com> <direwolf-0602961241240001@genista.life.uiuc.edu>
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- direwolf@uiuc.edu (Mike Berger) seems to have written:
-
- >In article <4f4dns$p54@thales.nmia.com>, tapia@socrates.nmia.com (Ron
- >Tapia) wrote:
-
- >> Hi,
- >>
- >> Does anybody have any praise for or horror stories about the Hayes Century 16
- >> modem rack or the U.S. Robotics Rackmount 32? How about the USR Total Control
- >> modem management system?
- >>
- >> Hayes seems to have a big price edge, but is that difference worth it in the
- >> long run?
- >>
- >> Hayes and USR sort of stand out, but I'd also be interested in hearing
- >> experiences that people have had with other modem racks.
- >>
- >We've been enormously happy with our Motorola UDS V.3400 modems. They're
- >expensive but perform admirably. I've had such bad experiences with USR
- >modems (and a very large organization here hasn't had much luck with
- >their Total Control system) that I didn't want to consider them. The
- >most discouraging thing about the Hayes Century system is that you
- >can only buy the modems in increments of 8 or 16! Apparently you
- >can't buy the racks other than fully populated. Now that we're
- >expanding, we're spending the money on more of the UDS V.3400's.
-
- We're using Microcom FASTRack V.34's in 16-unit racks. They've been
- in service since last April or so, with stellar results. There isn't
- a modem made that can't maintain a solid connection, and we've lost a
- grand total of one modem (DOA, apparently) that's in for repair now.
- Five year warranty and a really good ISP/BBS price, I highly recommend
- them.
-
- Dale
-
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