Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 19:46:03 -0800 From: Justin Simms <justins@jps.net> To: Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modem reccomendation Message-ID: <4.1.19990107193459.0140bc00@mail.softhome.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.3.95.990107185846.-159861C-100000@direct-source.c om.direct-source.com> References: <4.1.19990107181928.013d9d70@mail.softhome.net>
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At 07:08 PM 1/7/99 -0800, you wrote: > Nope, not at all. My experiences with USRs over the years have not >been good. I've repeatedly given them the benifit of the doubt. I've >personally owned 4 different models, all the way back to 2400, up to a >brand new external 56 v.everything Courier. I've thrown away or given them >all away. When I worked for an ISP, USR modems took twice as long to setup >on the customers computers, then we also had problems getting them to dial >in. Before that, a client had gone out and bought 10 of them for his >office and his employees. I ended up replacing 4 of them, sent 3 of them >in for BIOS upgrades (at about $45/each or so,) played with 2 more long >enough that they finally worked, and only got one to work without >problems. Over ten years I've probally replaced at least 50% of all >USR modems that came through my hands. Where as my experiences with Zoom >have been the exact opposite, no problems what so ever. > Now, I'll freely admit that some people have no problems with >them. I'm just not one of them. :) > > > Rick This is a pretty good point - hardware recommendations tend to be really subjective. Must say I'm a big USR fan. USR has been pretty good about keeping the command set consistant across models, but admittedly this isn't a concern for many people. :-) Just out of curiousity, has your good luck been with internal or external Zooms, or both? When I was in tech support we tried to steer people clear of all the modems starting with Z. Zoom, Zoltrix, Zyxel, etc. :-) Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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