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- From: Bill Llewellyn <thinker@rahul.net>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Supra or USR
- Date: 27 Feb 1996 06:10:00 GMT
- Organization: a2i network
- Message-ID: <4gu77o$qja@hustle.rahul.net>
- References: <312CAAB1.5136@netscape.com> <4gon49$jdq@hustle.rahul.net> <DnEKK8.I70@freenet.carleton.ca>
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-
- In article <DnEKK8.I70@freenet.carleton.ca>,
- Anthony Hill <an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote:
- >
- >Bill Llewellyn (thinker@rahul.net) writes:
- >> I went through the following V.34 (28.8k) modems trying to find one which
- >> worked well with my ISP.
- >>
- >> From best to worst:
- >>
- >> 1. SupraFAXModem V.34. Edges out the PPI by a hair. But it's also Flash
- ><random snipping>
- >>
- >> 2. Practical Peripherals MC288MT II. Pretty happy with this modem. Could
- >>
- >> 3. Motorola LifeStyle. Worked as well as the PPI (see #2), but for about
- >>
- >> 4. Global Village Teleport Platinum. Worked well, but very rarely got in
- >>
- >> 5. USR Sportster V.34+ (33.4k). Would regularly get in at 26.4k and sometimes
- >>
- >> As always, YMMV, but the Supra is the winner as I see it, at least in the
- >> $190-$230 range.
-
- > Hmm, out of curiosity, what brand of modems does you're ISP use?
- >(any bet's that it's a Rockwell based modem?).
-
- I think you're right.
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- Bill Llewellyn, http://rahul.net/thinker
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