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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!illian!darylm
- From: darylm@illian.mnet.com (Daryl V. McDaniel)
- Subject: Re: Prodigy's "Eagle" modem
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.151726.1851@illian.mnet.com>
- Summary: V.32bis NOT
- Organization: Micronetics - Aloha Research Group, Beaverton, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Dec15.032637.8386@netcom.com> <hatton.724477507@cgl.ucsf.edu> <1992Dec17.185008.17205@trintex.uucp>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 15:17:26 GMT
- Lines: 60
-
- In article <1992Dec17.185008.17205@trintex.uucp> elr@trintex.uucp (Ed Ravin) writes:
- >In article <hatton.724477507@cgl.ucsf.edu> hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton) writes:
- >> I think the Prodigy version [of the Digicom modem] is [not V.32 bis]
- >>... I could be mistaken.
- >
- >The Digicom Eagle modem being sold over the Prodigy service is a complete
- >V.32bis/ V.42bis / fax modem.
- ^^^^^^^
-
- THIS IS NOT TRUE! My wife received her Eagle modem last night. It is
- V.32, and NOT V.32bis. Quoting from the manual:
-
- The Eagle V.32 fax/modem can be upgraded from a V.32 9600 bps
- data modem to a V.32bis 14,400 bps data modem, resulting in a
- 50% increase in data transmission speed without effecting fax
- capabilities in any way.
-
- For more information regarding the Eagle modem upgrade, please
- contact Prodigy Services Company. In the upcoming months,
- Prodigy will be providing details regarding upgrade
- procedures, policies and pricing.
-
- NOTE: All references to Eagle+ apply to an upgraded Eagle
- modem. If you have not yet upgraded your modem, these
- features are not yet available to you.
-
- The use of the word "effecting" instead of "affecting" is theirs, not
- my typo.
-
- I hooked the modem up and checked it out. It is definately NOT
- V.32bis. Otherwise, it works OK.
-
- There is NO documentation provided on the FAX capability. No
- commands, response codes, or even mention of FAX except they keep
- calling it a "fax/modem".
-
- The original ad in the "Prodigy Star" (which I still have) states that
- the modem is V.32bis. Unless the pricing of the upgrade is $0.00
- (FREE) then they have been a bit deceptive on this from the start.
-
- >I used one for a few weeks -- after a bit of faxing, calling in to various
- >services, and using Prodigy, it seemed functionally equivalent to my ZyXEL
- >U-1496E at home. It also comes with a 5 year warranty.
- >
- >Disclaimer: I work for Prodigy as a telecommunications programmer. I got myu
- >Eagle the employee discount :-) :-)
- >--
- >Ed Ravin- elr@trintex.uucp| I like to think (and the sooner the better!)
- > elr%trintex@uunet.uu.net| Of a cybernetic meadow where mammals and computers
- > +1-914-993-4737| Live together in mutually programming harmony
- >my opinions, nobody else's| Like pure water touching clear sky. -R. Brautigan
-
- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
- Daryl V. McDaniel (503) 643-6137
- Micronetics darylm@mnet.com
- Aloha Research Group ...sun.com!nosun!illian!darylm
- Beaverton, Oregon, USA ...{qiclab, sopwith, tessi}!illian!darylm
-
- People in the computer industry use the word "user",
- which to them means "idiot". -- Dave Barry
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