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From: jimmy_t@verifone.com
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: New Modems, Telebit Fails under impairments in PC Magazine tests
Message-ID: <2477.2771e71f@verifone.com>
Date: 24 Dec 90 04:51:01 GMT
References: <1990Nov23.185029.2663@nstar <5791@holston.UUCP> <405@beagle.UUCP> <138332@pyramid.pyramid.com>
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In article <138332@pyramid.pyramid.com>, csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) writes:

> One thing no one has mentioned so far was PC Magazine's "Editor's Choice"
> modem, the MultiTech V.32. I think this choice says more about the magazine
> than their drubbing of the Telebit.
  ...
> Over long distance it was almost totally unusable. I wouldn't dream of trying
> over international lines.
> 

We also bought some MultiTech V.32 modems after having very good experiences
with their 2400/MNP modems.  We did try them on international lines
and local lines -- Our experiences mirrored yours i.e. the modems
were very close to unusable.

Perhaps PC Mag got MultiTech modems with a newer design or firmware?   In
buying Multitech modems over a 2 year period we found that almost everytime we
received a new Multi-Tech 2400 bps modem it came with a newer version of
firmware or was a totally new design.

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