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From: gupta@bach.csg.uiuc.edu (Aloke Gupta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: 2400 baud modem advice
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Date: 11 May 89 17:33:32 GMT
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        Could someone advise me on a good and reasonably priced 2400 baud modem.
	I have an ancient IBM PC and am currently using a Migent (1200 baud) 
	external modem.

	Questions: 1. What are the advantages of an internal modem apart from
		      the convenience of having no extra wires etc. Are they
		      more / less reliable than external modems ?

		   2. Is there any advantage to getting an error correcting 
		      modem. There seems to be a substantial price difference.

		   3. I wonder if there is a recent survey article out there
		      in some magazine about the current crop of modems.

	   	   4. I am told that there is a new chip set which has reduced
		      the chip count needed to make a modem. Does someone know
		      about the new modems which use this chip set ?


	Reply by e-mail to gupta@bach.csg.uiuc.edu@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu

	I will summarize the responses.

	Aloke Gupta