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- From: phg@drdhh.hanse.de (Bjoern Kriews)
- Subject: Re: Highspeed US Robotics modem with fax send/receive ?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug30.125749.4329@drdhh.hanse.de>
- Organization: Digital Island
- References: <982@watzman.quest.sub.org> <1607.08.92@hkhh.hanse.de> <1992Aug24.132204.8446@lowton.rn.com>
- Distribution: de,world
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 12:57:49 GMT
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- (sorry to german readers - org thread crossposted to comp.xxx)
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- mark@lowton.rn.com (Mark Powell) writes:
- >> have a look on the Sportster 14400 FAX, which is a V.32bis datamodem with
- >> MNP and V.42bis. It is much cheaper than the Courier and has not all of
- >> the functions (leased-line, synchronus operations, ASL) the courier has.
-
- >You pay for what you get. Some of the Couriers features are unnecessary
- >for general use. However, I'd take a Courier over a cheap v32bis and day.
- >Their is no question about it, they are more reliable. They connect better,
- >hold the line better, have higher throughput, lower latency, etc. etc.
- ...
- >It is false economy to by a cheapo v32bis.
-
- I agree. But one should mention that the Sportster 14400 comes from USR too,
- so I expect it to have the same high quality while the advanced features
- (leased line etc.) have been omitted to make the price more attractive.
-
- regards, Bjoern
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- bkr@drdhh.hanse.de - Bjoern Kriews - Stormsweg 6 - D-2000 Hamburg 76 - FRG
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