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- From: mark@lowton.rn.com (Mark Powell)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: What's a good 14400 modem??
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.162359.620@lowton.rn.com>
- Date: 29 Aug 92 16:23:59 GMT
- References: <1992Aug24.143532.8721@lowton.rn.com> <PZR7PB2w165w@infopls.chi.il.us>
- Sender: mark@lowton.rn.com (Mark Powell)
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- In article <PZR7PB2w165w@infopls.chi.il.us>, andyross@infopls.chi.il.us (Andrew Rossmann) writes:
- > mark@lowton.rn.com (Mark Powell) writes:
- > > In article <1992Aug14.174602.19312@unislc.uucp>, larsen@unislc.uucp (Steve La
- > > > I know that this mas been asked before, but I am looking for a good,
- > > > reliable 14400 modem, and I was wondering what everyone thought about
- > > > which one is the best. The main ones I have been looking at are
- > > > Supra, Boca, and Zoom. I have heard good and bad about all of them. I
- > >
- > > From my experience and the experiences of others, gleaned from this group,
- > > the Courier HST DS v32bis is a very reliable modem. It has a low latency,
- > > high throughput, holds onto lines well, connects well especially to other
- > > Couriers (something that can't be said of Supra). Basically it is a
- > > quality modem, which has a quality price. If you want cheap, spend "cheap".
- >
- > My feed has two Supra 14.4K's (I think) and an unkown v32bis (maybe a
- > Sportster?? It connects very fast.) I have a Courier v32bis. VERY often
- > (>50%) it takes two training attempts to get a connection. Sometimes 3. If
- > it goes for 4, it usually hangs up. Also, I occasionally get a non-error
- > correcting connection. I have to hang up then since his getty doesn't
- > understand that speed (he runs 38400 if error correction is on, and
- > connection speed if not.)
-
- I have exactly the same problem when connecting to my feed's Supra.
- It's the Supra's problem not the USR. People have even reported
- Supra <-> Supra connection problems. The supras also hang mid transfer
- more often than not. I've stopped calling the Supra and now call my feeds
- 12000bps modem instead. Just so I *know* it will connect and stay connected.
- Other than that I have no problems connecting with my USR. Try connecting
- to another USR, this is fast.
-
- > It may or may not be line noise, but I typically don't see any pauses due
- > to retransmissions, or my ARQ light blinking.
- >
- > Andrew Rossmann | Sysop of Infoplus BBS, +1 708 537 0247
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- Mark Powell
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