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Date:      Wed, 7 Aug 1996 01:25:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Steve Reid <steve@edmweb.com>
To:        Global Internet Shopping Mall <gism@isot.isot.com>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: USR Not reset
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960807010359.559B@bitbucket.edmweb.com>
In-Reply-To: <199608062107.QAA08587@isot.isot.com>

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> I'm playing two different modems, Hays Accura and USR Sportster.  I'm having
> problem with both.
> Occasionally, the Hays would not answer the line when ringing, I had to
> power recycle it to make it work again.  The Sportster, after user hangs up,
> it would reset, TR would stay off.  Anyone experienced same problem a s I?

This sounds like the usuall problems had when using cheap modems. The
average modem will work fine for dial-out, but automatically answering the
line is a whole other matter. I don't know about the Accura, but the
Sportster is by no means top-of-the-line. 

Many people swear by USR Couriers. They're expensive, but they're said to
be among the most reliable. 

We've been using a pair of 14.4k Cardinal internal modems in our BBS here
at EDM, and they've been running fine for years. We've decided to use
Cardinal 28.8k externals (which I think are upgradeable to 33.6) to set up
a modem pool for the ISP we're starting here. They're not very expensive.
We'll know in a month or two if the 28.8k Cardinals hold up as well as the
old 14.4k. 


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