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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Cheap modems -- summary?
Keywords: Autodial/Dialling directory/Autoredial/2400/external
Message-ID: <3107@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 15 Feb 89 18:41:24 GMT
Organization: Xenix Support
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Is there a cheap modem (under $200) with the following capabilities:

	2400 baud external modem.
	Reliable.
	Dialling directory (at least 10 numbers).
	Auto-redial on busy.
	Dialling directory redials.

Hayes compatibility is pretty much irrelevant. The modem is going to be
on a dumb terminal, so the more user-friendly the better.

I purchased a Tailyn 2400 baud modem, because it was the only one I
could find with a dialling directory in it. Unfortunately, the dialling
directory doesn't redial on busy. Also, the modem seems to have trouble
recognising a carrier... though it could just be that I have a lemon.

I'm sending the modem back to them for testing, and if there's nothing
physically wrong with it I'm getting a refund. In the mean time, can anyone
suggest where I should look next?
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.
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