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From: banderso@sagpd1.UUCP (Bruce Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: 2400 baud modem comparison.
Summary: Avoid USR Sportster 2400
Keywords: 2400B 2400E 2400EC...
Message-ID: <292@sagpd1.UUCP>
Date: 10 Sep 88 21:38:39 GMT
References: <2213@sultra.UUCP>
Reply-To: banderso@sagpd1.UUCP (Bruce Anderson)
Organization: Scientific Atlanta, Government Products Div, San Diego, CA
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In article <2213@sultra.UUCP> dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Dermot Tynan) writes:
>Ok, this is probably the 100'th time this question has come up.  Unfortunately
>for me, I've never seen it before.  I'm looking for a 2400 baud modem, in the
>$100 -> $200 range, 
...
>I notice that US Robotics has decent prices, but I
>can't remember whether their modems are really good, or really bad.

From things I have seen, US Robotics seems to have a decent reputation
but you wouldn't know it from my experience. About four months ago I
bought a USR Sportster 2400, one of their inexpensive, non-MNP modems.
In that time I have had to send it back 3 times. The first time after 
about a month and a half because it suddenly started to get garbage
characters after it warmed up. When it came back it was not fixed so
I sent it back again. This time they replaced the entire board and
then it worked for another month. About a week ago it broke so that
it didn't even recognize an incoming carrier, so it's back in the mail.

Due to the fact that I'm getting about 25-30% down time from sending
it back for repair I would strongly recommend against a USR Sporster 2400

    Bruce Anderson
    ...!ncr-sd!sagpd1!banderso

Since I don't know what my employers opinions are, these must be mine.