Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!srhqla!nrcvax!kosman!kevin From: kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Where can I buy Telebit (or other modems) cheap? Message-ID: <1132@kosman.UUCP> Date: 23 Feb 90 15:27:50 GMT References: <8377@potomac.ads.com> <1358@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM> <47352@improper.coherent.com> Organization: K.O.'s Manor - Vital Computer Systems, Oxnard, CA 93035 Lines: 27 In article bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) writes: >In article <47352@improper.coherent.com> dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt) writes: > On the other hand... the Telebit PEP protocol has won acclaim for > its ability to set up and maintain connections over incredibly > cruddy lines. > >You should hear missionaries talk about the hostile environments where >nothing else will work but they have astounding success with TBs. >Telebit is something of a standard among communities who need to >communicate in out-of-the-way places. On the other hand, I use a TB+ quite a lot from here (California) to the East Coast. I find it unwise to use MCI. I have yet to keep a connection longer than about 5 frustrating minutes before the modem just drops off the line. So now, all my dialing sequences pick AT&T right off. I don't know what it is, but I just cannot stay in PEP mode on an MCI connection. And I spend a LOT of time doing this personally, not just using uucp. -- Kevin O'Gorman ( kevin@kosman.UUCP, kevin%kosman.uucp@nrc.com ) voice: 805-984-8042 Vital Computer Systems, 5115 Beachcomber, Oxnard, CA 93035 Non-Disclaimer: my boss is me, and he stands behind everything I say.