From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 2 18:50:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA18950 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 18:50:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cedar.netten.net (cedar.netten.net [205.244.191.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA18928 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 18:50:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from handh@netten.net) Received: from katie (net3-138.netten.net [206.229.193.138]) by cedar.netten.net (8.8.8/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA17688 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 20:49:42 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199809030149.UAA17688@cedar.netten.net> X-Sender: handh@mail.netten.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 20:48:57 -0500 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Michael Horton Subject: Re: Zoom vs Sportster In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 08:14 PM 9/2/98 -0400, you wrote: >>From an ISP standpoint we've had a horrible time with Zooms upgraded to >V.90. If your ISP uses Livingston Portmasters with the V.90 upgrade >you're better off staying with KFlex. > >On the otherhand, our Livingstons have had great success connecting to USR >modems with V.90 out of the box. > Chris, If one has the money, a USR Courier modem is the best. Its reliability and robustness is much better than the Sportster. I have used the cheaper/less expensive modems before and have found that the Courier family is worth the extra. As I have grown older I find that I like the full-featured modems better! HTH, MH >Chris >-- > >Chris Martino >chrismar@readington.com > >On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, rick hamell wrote: > >> >> > Can anybody clue me in on the major differences between >> > these two modems? save that the Zoom is supposed to be >> > more reliable. >> >> Well, v.90 standard not withstanding, the K-Flex technology used by >> Zoom is used by more people then USR's X2 technology. Besides... Zoom is >> a lot more reliable... :) I've had two of each brand, and have been very >> disappointed with USR from the start. >> >> >> Rick >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message