Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!ogicse!ucsd!qualcom.qualcomm.com!cancun.qualcomm.com!rdippold From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Message-ID: <1991Apr8.195752.1087@qualcomm.com> Date: 8 Apr 91 19:57:52 GMT References: <1991Apr5.175440.2000@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> Sender: news@qualcomm.com Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA Lines: 27 In article <1991Apr5.175440.2000@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> su0451@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (su0451) writes: > I'm looking to get a high-speed modem(preferably 14.4). > Unfortunately my knowledge about modems and different Manufacturers' > is very limited. > > I'm currently considering Pract. Periph.'s SA 14.4 or USR's Dual > Standard. > Does anyone have any experience with these brands or any recommendations? What do you want to use it for? If you are going to use it to call BBSes, the overwhelming majority of high-speed BBSes use USR HST modems, so your best bet is a USR. If you are going to use it to do dialup to universities or some companies, you will probably want a V.32 compatible modem. In this case, you might consider a Telebit. However, the USR Dual Standard is also compatible with this _and_ the next step up, V.32bis. Reccomend: If you can afford it, you can't lose with a USR Dual standard. You'll be compatible with just about everything at high speed (14,400 plus V.42 bis). Otherwise, if you are intending to use it to call bulletin board systems, look at a USR 14400 or 9600 modem and you will be compatible with most of them. Otherwise, if you are using it to connect to universities or businesses that use V.32 you can use almost any V.32 modem. The Telebit modems are very good.