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- From: Barry Kolsky <kolsky@earthlink.net>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR or Motorola -- Which to buy??
- Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 21:41:11 -0700
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- Anthony Hill wrote:
- >
- > Barry Kolsky (kolsky@earthlink.net) writes:
- > > Bob:
- > >
- > > Decisions, decisions. I purchased an external Motorola Lifestyle 28.8
- > > last weekend. After the set-up, I gleefully attempted to try this new
- > > modem on my rig. Nothing...not even a squeal. After about an hour of
- > > trying different things (even though there is only one way for it to
- > > work) I took the darn thing back and bought a Sportster 33.6.
- > >
- > > I am now able to get a consistant 28.8 connection with downloads coming
- > > in at between 3.1k and 3.7k per second. I never did figure out the
- > > problem with the Motorola, but I did read about a problem that occurs in
- > > 1/10th of 1% of all Motorola's sold (I read it at this site
- > > http://web.aimnet.com/~jnavas/modem/faq.html) Just my luck to be in that
- > > group, I guess.
- >
- > Nope, John's FAQ may be somewhat helpful, but it's horribly out of
- > date.. The problem he's refering to was fixed over a year ago, and if by
- > some chance you did get a 1+ year old modem which did fall into that .1%
- > of the Motorola Power/LifeStyle modems (not all Motorola's, jsut those two
- > models), it woudl have fried your serial port if you had everythign set up
- > just right (or wrong I suppose). The problem with your LifeStyle was
- > probably much simpler then that.. If you couldn't get any response at all
- > (and assuming all your software was set up right), you probably had a
- > defective modem..
-
-
- Anthony:
-
- You're probably right about that, because everything is working
- perfectly now. Exchanged cables as well, when I returned the Lifestyle,
- just in case.
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- Barry
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