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From: davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (Wm. E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: $119 2400-baud modem 'out-performs all others'?
Message-ID: <13471@steinmetz.ge.com>
Date: 28 Mar 89 21:01:07 GMT
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Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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  Good modems can be cheap. I just got two genuine Micom 2400 baud
external modems for $125 each. They have MNP class 4 and seem to be
pretty noise resistant even in the non-MNP mode. Setup for a UNIX system
was a trifle time consuming, but not all that bad. After one day
experience I'm happy. No telling how I'll feel after a month, but I can
use a screen editor at work now over some really crappy connections. My
non-MNP connect for a mail feed went slightly better than it did over my
old modems, but it's too early to tell.

  I would assume that someone not married to the owner of a computer
store could get them for about $160, internal about $150. I'll report in
a month or so unless other people report their experience first.
-- 
	bill davidsen		(wedu@crd.GE.COM)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me