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- From: Haines@Atomiccafe.com (Harry W. Haines, III)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Sportster 33.6
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 96 19:30:37 GMT
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- In article <31433BDE.6C1C@easyway.net>, Rob Kodey <robk@easyway.net> wrote:
- >Paul Long wrote:
- >>
- >> Rob Kodey wrote:
- >> > I got my USR Sportster 33.6 yesterday. Windows "sees" a Sportster 33.6
- >> > FAX/INT, but the closest modem in the driver list is the Sportster 28800
- >> > Internal. Is this correct?
- >>
- >> Yep.
- >>
- >> > BTW - I can only seem to connect at 28.8 at my
- >> > ISP who uses Sportster 33.6's. Any ideas?
- >>
- >> Marginal phone lines. I was able to connect at 32.1kbps through a single
- >> telephone exchange. I'll be surprised if I ever get 33.6kbps.
- >>
- >> --
- >> Paul Long plong@perf.com http://www.teleport.com/~pciwww/
- >
- >Is there any way I can verify that the Win95 driver will allow a 33.6
- >connection in ideal conditions? I'm concerned that nothing I have says 33.6,
- >except when Win95 detects the modem. I just want to verify that the
- >capability is there.
- >
-
- Forget it. Return it while you still can and just buy another brand
- of a 28.8 v.34 that is Windows PNP. The Cardinal seems to work well.
- The USR 33.6 is proprietary anyway.
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