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From: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper)
To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert)
Cc: jlemon@americantv.com (Jonathan Lemon), freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: USR Sportster Problems (was Re: FreeBSD as an ISDN Router)
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Terry Lambert:
 |jlemon@americantv.com (Jonathan Lemon)
 |> used it, but the Motorola Power modems are pretty good.  Now, if you want
 |> to sling mud at modems, probably nothing is more deserving of the 
 |> "piece-o-shit" label than the USR's Sportster line.
 |
 |The Sportster 14.4 FAXmodem (I believe) is theonly one affected, and
 |it's only a problem if you talk to Rockwell chipset modems on the
 |other end.

There are a few more with the 28.8/33.6s.  E.g.:

http://www.carabelli.com/lore/usrincident.html
http://www.usr.com/home/online/trblshot/13015.htm

Randall Hopper