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From: akcs.larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Microcom Modems.....Are they any good?
Message-ID: <[25765e3f:99.1]comp.dcom.modems;1@nstar.UUCP>
Date: 1 Dec 89 12:06:04 GMT
References: <89Nov30.204838est.58891@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca>
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>With this in mind, does anybody out there use Microcom modems?
>How do you like them? Are they easy to configure? How is their

We have been purchasing a number of these modems using them at
our customers site for dial up support.  First - the modems
are over priced costing as much as $1030 each (wholesale).  Heck the
UDS Motorola V.32/V.42b modems are being sold at retail for $1140.
Second - the filtering on noisy lines is weak - causing aborted calls
on a regular basis. 
 
I would assume the T2500 would be a better investment for modems being
used in the Unix world - while the USR HST Dual Standard for those being
used in the DOS world (both modems support V.32).


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