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- From: blailock@hiwaay.net (blailock)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR or Motorola -- Which to buy??
- Date: 12 Apr 1996 19:55:19 GMT
- Organization: HiWAAY
- Message-ID: <4kmcf7$h3g@parlor.hiwaay.net>
- References: <4k3qd0$lai@raffles.technet.sg> <4k90ko$m4@eve.enteract.com> <massello-0804962351110001@ip201.elp.primenet.com>
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- In article <massello-0804962351110001@ip201.elp.primenet.com>,
- massello@primenet.com says...
- >
- >In article <4k90ko$m4@eve.enteract.com>, bob@horvath.com wrote:
- >
- >> One thing I haven't been able to find out is if the Power series
- >> updates the datapump code or not (anyone?). The Motorola web page
- >> mentions a confusing sentence that makes me think it cannot update the
- >> datapump. So for example, they will not be able to upgrade to 33.6 via
- >> a download like the Courier is capable of. If anyone knows if I am
- >> reading this right (or wrong), I'ld love to hear from you.
- >>
- >> Basically, if can't decide whether I want to spend the money on a
- >> Courier. It seems to be the concensus choice at that price range.
- >
- >The Power's datapump cannot be upgraded by flashing. The Motorola Premier
- >does have a flashable DSP datapump. Also, none of the Motorola modems can
- >do VFC or V32terbo, whereas the Courier V Everything does support both of
- >those. And it doesn't look like the Premier supports caller ID, either --
- >a rather surprising omission in a modem of this class.
- >
-
- The Motorola Premier 33.6 does support Caller ID.
-
- blailock
-
- >As for the money, Computability is advertising the Premier for $325 and
- >the Courier for $369.
- >
- >--
- >Neill A Massello | "All government -- indeed, every human benefit
- ><massello@primenet.com> | and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent
- ><73324.2047@compuserve.com> | act -- is founded on compromise and barter."
- > -- Edmund Burke, 1775
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