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- From: eric.hansen@worldnet.att.net (Eric Hansen)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: My experience with 'The Sportster' (just my 2 cents)
- Date: Sun, 21 Apr 96 12:20:38 GMT
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- In article <4lc9ki$c9e@freenet-news.carleton.ca>,
- an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill) wrote:
- >
- > Well, first I'd check to be absolutely certain that you've got a
- >v.34 modem and not a vFC one.
-
- My Accura was v.fc only but I sent it in for v.34 upgrade.
-
- >If the Hayes Accura is anything like
- >there more expansive Hayes Optima model than this is quite possible, since
- >in my experience the Hayes Optima is absolutely terrible at
- >interoperability.
-
- I would believe this except I brought my modem to a friend's house and was
- able to connect at 26.4. That alone should tell me the problem is at my end.
-
- >
- > Well, it's understandable that it'll disconnect with that many
- >retrains, although no matter how bad the lines are you should NEVER have
- >to retrain that much.
-
- The line must be very bad.
-
-
- > I wouldn't say that you're wasting your time. A good v.34 modem
- >will handle just about any line fairly well.
-
- Trying the Sportster at least opened my eyes to differences in modems. The
- Hayes can't connect, the USR can (albeit with difficulty).
-
-
- > You might and you might not.. Personnaly I'd recommend that you
- >try a Motorola Power or LifeStyle first, as they're considerably cheaper
- >then the Courier but seem to be very good when it comes to stability.
-
- What's the difference between the Motorola Modem Surfr and Lifestyle?
-
-