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- From: dbotkin@probe.net (Dale Botkin)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Need Rackmount Recommendations
- Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 22:20:52 GMT
- Organization: Probe Technology
- Message-ID: <4cph9h$7n2@jake.probe.net>
- References: <4ceant$ea@sanjuan.islandnet.com>
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- mark@islandnet.com (Mark Morley) seems to have written:
-
- >We are an ISP and we need to start looking at different rack mount modems.
- >We had standardized on USR Courier 28.8's (standalone) and then started
- >buying the rack-mount versions. They work great, but USR can't provide
- >them anymore. If they can't keep up it's time to look at other brands.
-
- [snip]
- >*DON'T* suggest Microcom - they stink. I have one of their rack units
- >sitting here on my desk and it's about to be packaged up and sent back.
- >What don't I like about it? Here's a list:
-
- > - Twice as big as the USR racks.
- > - About four times as heavy.
- > - No cooling fan, runs hot.
- > - Doesn't come with the proper cables so there's no way to plug in
- > phone lines until you build them yourself or order them at an extra
- > cost.
-
- Mark,
-
- Don't send that Microcom rack back to them, ship it to me. I use
- Microcom rack V.34's exclusively, after months of listening to my
- customers bitch and moan about not being able to stay connected to our
- USR's for more than a few minutes. We put them in a rack, cool them
- with the same fans we use for the ISDN racks, routers, etc., and
- cables don't bother us. In fact, I like not having scads of little
- flat cables cluttering up our racks.
-
- Email me, I'll take all the Microcom equipment you have.
-
- Dale
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