Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!cunews!spock!kim!kim From: kim@Software.Mitel.com (Kim Letkeman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Summary: 2400 baud modems Message-ID: Date: 9 Oct 90 12:05:19 GMT References: <3428@amc-gw.amc.com> Sender: kim@spock Distribution: na Organization: Public Switching, MITEL Corporation, Kanata, Ontario, Canada Lines: 35 In-reply-to: stewartc@amc-gw.amc.com's message of 8 Oct 90 22:02:33 GMT In article <3428@amc-gw.amc.com> stewartc@amc-gw.amc.com (Stewart Castaldi) writes: | My original posting was: | | >We are looking for external 2400 baud modems. They will be on-line 24 hours | >a day and will be called from various brands of modems. Therefore | >they must be reliable and robust. From my experience the Hayes 2400 | >fits this description however the best price I have seen is $350. | >I would appreciate any info on other brands of modems that fits the | >above description or sources of Hayes modems at cheaper prices. | | I received one vote for each of the modems listed below. There seems to | be little interest in 2400 baud modems now that the price has made them | throw aways if they do not work. | | 1. Micom (not Microcom) 2400 bps MNP-4 modem | | 2. ZOOM 2400 baud modem | | 3. Practical Peripherals | | 4. USR 2400 | | 5. AVATEX 2400 We're using the ATI2400etc/e modems here and they seem to work well. Built by the same company that brings you the ATI VGA Wonder et al. They already ship with MNP5 and V.42 and they'll be shipping with V.42bis very shortly (so I'm told. The street price here is about $280 Canadian. Kim -- Kim Letkeman kim@software.mitel.com uunet!mitel!spock!kim