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From: howardl@wb3ffv.ampr.org ( WB3FFV)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: New Modems, Telebit Fails under impairments in PC Magazine tests
Message-ID: <3809@wb3ffv.ampr.org>
Date: 24 Dec 90 20:15:53 GMT
References: <2477.2771e71f@verifone.com>
Organization: Advanced Business Solutions - Baltimore , MD
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From article <2477.2771e71f@verifone.com>, by jimmy_t@verifone.com:
> 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.


Hello All,

I figured I would throw in my two cents worth.  I have been using a pair 
of V.32 modems from multitech for close to a year now, and usually make
an internation connection (to Holland) several times a week.  I can't say 
that I have never had a line drop (but what do you expect), but in general
the V.32 links seem to work fine.  I also use Telebits here, and feel that
for Internation UUCP I would rather have the Telebit, but for Interactive
use I will take the v.32 modem hands down.  The one other thing I will say
for both modems is that they both seem to work very well with hardware
flow control.  The one glitch that peeves me with the Telebit Tblazer+
is that it won't respect the W command imbedded in a number (which the
multitech and Hayes modes work with), so I get stuck using a bunch of 
commas in my LD calls...


				Happy Holidays,
				Howard Leadmon - WB3FFV


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