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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Better Idea for Netster Bundle.
- Date: 8 Jan 1996 19:05:47 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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- Gary Stimpson (gstimp@freenet.mb.ca) wrote:
- : On 2 Jan 1996, Byron Montgomerie wrote:
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- : > 14.4bps modems are not all that bad and are probably a good match for the
- : > lowly a1200 with no fast ram. I just hope dealers can sell the things
- : > without such modems for people who already have better modems. I can see
- : > I can see the point of using 14.4 modems though, they cost practicaaly
- : > nothing and give a minimum of performance yet they allow AT to jack up
- : > the price disproportionately. :)
-
- : True. 14.4K modems are generally okay for most things on the Net, except
- : WWW pages with excessive graphics (see: Universal, or some other company
- : web pages, who load their pages with inline images; atleast they could
- : split them up into additional pages, but they must think everyone has a
- : T1 connection to the Net.) 28.8K are still way more expensive here in
- : Canada, at about $330 + tax for an external one, whereas 14.4K's can be
- : had for around $150. I still want one, though. <g>
-
- I can get a 28.8 modem (ext) for $180 CDN NEW, but I digress. :)
- 14.4 modems are around $80 CDN NEW. :)
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- Regards,
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- BM
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