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From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Direct modem line from USA to France?
Message-ID: <3408@phri.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jul 88 02:57:00 GMT
References: <297@amanue.UUCP> <7651@cup.portal.com> <7752@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Organization: Public Health Research Inst. (NY, NY)
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In article <7752@cup.portal.com> David@cup.portal.com writes:
> In my opinion, the only good reason to buy a non-standard product is if
> you are able to toss it in the trash in a few years.

	The original request was for info on unsupported modems to be used
for a specific trans-Atlantic point-to-point dial-up link.  Given the cost
of trans-Atlantic phone calls, the savings you realize by even slightly
better modems make it economical to buy the best you can now and toss them
in a year or two if the winds of change make them no longer the best choice.
-- 
Roy Smith, System Administrator
Public Health Research Institute
{allegra,philabs,cmcl2,rutgers}!phri!roy -or- phri!roy@uunet.uu.net
"The connector is the network"