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From: parkert@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (tom parker)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: 9600 bps modem observations - USR HST and TrailBlazer
Keywords: HST Trailblazer practicality
Message-ID: <5193@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>
Date: 20 Jun 88 21:45:11 GMT
References: <KPETERSEN.12405887236.BABYL@SIMTEL20.ARPA> <6653@cup.portal.com>
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In article <6653@cup.portal.com> oliver@cup.portal.com writes:
>>90% of the BBS are run on USR HST's.....
>From my contact with the BBS community and Fido/Opus systems...it seems that
>most of us are Telebit or 2400....
>I probably will be corrected..but this has been my observation..

  Most are 2400 or Telebit?  Throwing apples & oranges in one basket are we?
Well, my guess is that the majority of modems used in fidonet are 2400 baud.
Of the 9600 baud modems, I'd take a guess at 75% being HST, and 25% TB.  The
sad reality is that you get the brand that'll do you the most good.  I get most
of my echomail from an HST, therefore I will not be getting a Trailblazer no
matter how well it kicks the HST.:-(
   Tom Parker, Fidonet 152/202