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From: tostan@mars.lerc.nasa.gov (Stan Mohler (SVER))
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: ARE CHEAP MODEMS OK ?
Message-ID: <1991Jan15.024711.2162@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
Date: 15 Jan 91 02:47:11 GMT
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I was told by a pushy salesman that a brand new modem costing about $50, one of
those inexpensive internal modems, would probably be susceptible to
communication errors ("...there's alot of handshaking going on...") and that I
ought to forget about those cheap modems and consider the expensive used one he
had.  Is there any validity to this?  Do cheap internal modems perform poorly
compared to more expensive ones??

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|  Stan Mohler Jr.  <---------internet--------->  tostan@scivax.lerc.nasa.gov  |
|  Research Engineer, aircraft icing                                           |
|  NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH                                   |
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