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- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Path: FreeNet.Carleton.CA!an171
- From: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Subject: Re: Modem-to-modem compatability
- Message-ID: <Dno410.J1B@freenet.carleton.ca>
- Sender: an171@freenet2.carleton.ca (Anthony Hill)
- Reply-To: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
- References: <31333E3A.6B9@smile.mv.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 01:27:00 GMT
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- Marshall Richards (mcr@smile.mv.com) writes:
- > If my internet provider has specific brands of modems, in this case
- > Microcoms 28.8's, would it be better for me to get the same brand for
- > assured compatability?
-
- You should generally get a modem as close as possible to the ones
- you'll be connecting to. In this case, you'll almost certainly want to
- look mainly at Rockwell chipset based modems (since that's what the
- Microcom uses). The cheaper Microcom's would be a good choice, although
- I'd actually recommend a SupraFAXmodem instead, since it's cheaper then
- the Microcom DPF 28.8P, and the Microcom 28.8S is just an el-cheapo Glue
- 'n Go type which hasn't proven to be very good in my expereince (and most
- people I've talked to have found the same thing). Only modems I'd really
- recommend you avoid are the cheap AT&T chipset based modems, since they
- generally do NOT like Rockwell based modems at all.
-
- Anthony
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- Anthony Hill | an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
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