Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!ogicse!zephyr.ens.tek.com!crl!squirrel!markh From: markh@squirrel.LABS.TEK.COM (Mark C. Henderson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Best General Purpose Modem Message-ID: <1040@crl.LABS.TEK.COM> Date: 16 Apr 91 17:12:35 GMT References: <1991Apr15.214003.28851@qualcomm.com> Sender: news@crl.LABS.TEK.COM Reply-To: markh@squirrel.LABS.TEK.COM (Mark C. Henderson) Distribution: comp Organization: Computer Research Laboratory, Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton OR Lines: 32 In article <1991Apr15.214003.28851@qualcomm.com> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes: >In article brown@cs.utk.edu (Lance A. Brown) writes: >>This has got to be a FAQ, but here goes anyway. >> >> I am going to be upgrading the modem on my PC AT within a couple months >>and need advice on what is the best type of modem to get for general usage. ... > >If you are going to be calling BBSes and using it as a modem for a BBS, the >overwhelming majority of high-speed BBSes (9 out of 10) use US Robotics >HSTs. Two caveats: If you will be calling a lot of BBSes that are part of ... >If you have the money, you don't have to make a choice: Get a US Robotics >Dual standard. You will have USR and V.32bis, the best of both worlds. One has to look towards the future, though. HST is probably going to disappear over the next few years. As far as I can see, it offers no advantages over V.32bis, and V.32bis offers the advantage of duplex 14.4K bps in both directions. I'm not saying that it isn't a good idea to get the dual standard if one is willing to spend the money, but if I could choose only one of the protocols and was thinking of a modem for use for the next four years or so, I'd go with V.32bis. Mark -- Mark C. Henderson, Computer Research Laboratory, Tektronix, Inc. MS 50-662, P.O. Box 500, Beaverton, OR 97077, U.S.A. INTERNET: markh@crl.labs.tek.com (after 19 April: henderso@mpr.ca) Tel: +1 503 627 6280 Fax: +1 503 627 5502 MCI MAIL: 378-4996