Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 10:38:03 -0500 (EST) From: Stefan Molnar <stefan@exis.net> To: Leonard Chua <lenc@earth.infinetconsulting.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reliable modems? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970113103502.5839A-100000@tarpon.exis.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970112144716.16061A-100000@earth.infinetconsulting.com>
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> Does anyone out there have or know of a list of reliable modems? > By reliable, I mean modems which have the least compatibility problems, > especially when negotiating with other vendors' modems. My understanding > (which is probably wrong, so feel free to correct me, thanks) is that > even tough a vendor claims to support standard (e.g V42bis), it may not > always work with another vendor's 'same' standard (i.e. V42bis again). > Probably one (or both) of them is only supporting a subset of the standard. > > On a side note, M$N claims to have modems that are _guaranteed_ to work > with any modem in the market. Applause or Flame'em? The ones we use are the USR Curiors (sp). Those are the best, true they cost about 250-300 each, but they do it all. I would stay away from the asends and some of the rack units. But if you think of cost of 30 modems per a PM2e and the cost of the wireing and a PM2e it is better to get a PM3. But for a good analog bank, USR curiors are the way to go. Stefan -------------------------------------------- Stefan Molnar Team Exis.Net stefan@exis.net Member EFF Slightly Silly Team OS/2 east-coast-ambassador@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU "She turned me into a Newt! A Newt? I got better." -Monty Python --------------------------------------------
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