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- From: bubba@insync.net (Bill Garfield)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Advice on 28.8 Hayes Optimas?
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 01:14:31 GMT
- Organization: Associated Technical Consultants
- Message-ID: <30e70ce0.423911@news.insync.net>
- References: <steiny-3112951606250001@dialup-a1-28.mel.netspace.net.au> <4c5b3r$r8o@shellx.best.com>
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- Rigor@clever.net (Matt Fox) wrote:
-
- >dont. the hayes optima is one of the worst v.34 modems on the market.
- >they rate very low - mediorcre on modem tests in all the magazines
- >i have read. a courier v.34 would be a better choice, especially if
- >its for business.. you could probably get the $249 price break from
- >usr since its a school, or another brand like motorola power, at&t,
- >penril are all better then hayes
-
- I'm not sure I'd rate them as "one of the worst v.34 modems" but my
- experience as operator of a large central site host system has certainly
- come up with a disproportionate number of callers with weird, unfixable
- connectivity problems using Hayes Optima v34s on their end. Our host
- system only runs 14.4 max and the Hayes V34 Optima is about the ONLY
- modem out there that STILL has trouble connecting to me.
-
- YMMV.
-
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