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- From: amnons@actcom.co.il (Amnon)
- Subject: Re: US Robotics voice mail does not work
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- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 11:17:45 GMT
-
- rjs@fox.nstn.ca (rjs) wrote:
-
-
- >I recently installed a US Robotics Sporster Vi 14.4 faxmodem with voice
- >mail.
-
- >While it works fine for data and faxes, the voice mail functions rarely
- >work properly.
-
- >The modem will hang up on callers a few seconds into their message.
-
- >Callers will leave a thirty second long message, but the message that I
- >receive is only the first few seconds. Occasionally, I don't receive
- >even a portion of their message - callers have left (or thought they
- >left) messages, but nothing showed up on my voice mail.
-
- >I've already decreased the silence sensitivity and increased the message
- >length and silence detection periods to their maximum, but this has had
- >no effect.
-
- >Sometimes, the modem will not answer the phone at all.
-
- >Other times, it will pick up the line, but not play my outgoing message.
-
- >Occasionally, when I call in to retrieve my messages, the modem will not
- >hang up the line once I've finished. As a result, my telephone will ring
- >busy until I can return home to reset the modem.
-
- >The call display / caller ID function does not work. Rather than showing
- >the seven digit telephone number, it will display the last 6 digits of
- >the number, followed by an unrelated letter or character.
-
- >It is difficult, and occasionally impossible, to answer my telephone if
- >the voice mail picks up the call before I can answer it. Sometimes, the
- >computer will answer an incoming call after I have already answered it
- >(ie. ten seconds into a conversation)
-
- >The modem's built in speaker is terrible -- listening to messages through
- >it is like listening to a child's toy walkie-talkie.
-
- >I know that the problem is not with the line or the telephone company, as
- >my previous modem worked perfectly (unfortunately, it was only 2400
- >baud).
-
- >I have tried to get help from US Robotics but have been unsuccessful. I
- >first sent a list of these problems to their Compuserve e-mail address,
- >and received back a list of FAQ's that weren't even related to these
- >problems. Three weeks ago, I sent a long fax detailing everything that
- >was wrong, but they never bothered to respond to me.
-
- >Does anybody know how I can fix these problems, or am I simply stuck with
- >a lemon? I paid extra for both the USR name and the voice mail
- >capabilities, but I'm now regretting my purchase!
-
- >Please help!
-
- Hi,
-
- We've all had lemons in this respect.
- I myself have many times evaluated other voice products (both Rockwell
- as well as Cirrus Logic based chipsets, coupled with various Voicemail
- S/W such as Supervoice and Faxworks) hoping to get improved features.
- But after a few PC crashes and loosing important messages I always
- returned to my faithfull old TYIN2000.
- The best low-cost AND RELIABLE product (H/W + S/W) for Voicemail and
- FAX I know of is an old NSC modem called TYIN2000. Although not
- advertised agressively any more, it is still considered one of the
- best (in terms of voice quality as well as reliability == NO PC
- CRASHES, although bundled S/W lacks *flashy features*) by developers
- and users alike, and is available quite cheaply. To overcome it's low
- DATA throughput (2400bps, although there is a 14.4kbps version called
- TYIN4000) I simply purchased the cheapest 14.4kbps modem I could find
- (cost me around 70$). I DID have to develop a few utilities to enhance
- the bundled S/W.
-
- Hope that helps.
-
-
-