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From: jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Searching for inexpensive V.32 9600 bps modems (was cheap telebits)...
Message-ID: <134@dynasys.UUCP>
Date: 6 Apr 90 18:15:20 GMT
References: <102@dynasys.UUCP> <14965@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher)
Organization: Dynasys:  Consulting for the Future.
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In article <14965@cbnews.ATT.COM> mjs@cbnews.ATT.COM (martin.j.shannon,59112,lc,4nr10,201 580 5757) writes:
>Uucp's g protocol works flawlessly from a USR Dual Standard (speaking V.32)
>to a Telebit T2500 (and verse visa [sic!]).  They even agree on MNP5 (and
>get it right).  (Now, if only I could get NJBell to stop trashing the line,
>I'd be all set!)

That's running in V.32 mode, not at 14400.  If I wanted to run at 9600,
I'd still get a Telebit because I wouldn't have to worry about my line
being noisy.

>as BBSs run under UNIX become popular.  The DOS folks are getting
>Telebits to talk to their favorite BBSs that just happen to run on a
>UNIX box that has Telebit modems, and the UNIX folks are getting USR
>HST modems because their favorite news feed happens to be a FIDO BBS
>(presumably running ufgate) that has USR modems.  Soon, the fancy but

I don't know anyone that has their newsfeed coming from a FIDO BBS. 
And most people don't get their newsfeed from a FIDO BBS - especially
if they are running unix.

>The bottom line is get whichever flavor of 14400 bits/sec you like for
>*today*, but get a V.32 capable modem for next week.

Telebits are not a flavor of 14.4.  They are a flavor af 19.2.
And V.32 is becoming obsolete already.  If I was looking for the best
modem to buy to run with unix and to get a newsfeed with, there's
absolutely no doubt I'd get a Telebit before anything eles (and have).
V.32 and nothing else can compare.

It seems to me that the hostility towards Telebits are being displayed
by those used to the DOS world coming into the unix world.  If you
are going to remain in DOS, get an HST.  If you are going to work with
unix, get a Telebit - not an HST, not a V.32.  A Telebit.  Period.
The number of _unix_ sites running HSTs vs. running Telebits are
negligible.


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