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From: datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri)
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Subject: Re: Where can I buy Telebit (or other modems) cheap?
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Date: 24 Feb 90 20:21:05 GMT
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> 2. The USR Courier HST 14.4 modem is faster than a Telebit.

Sure.  There's also such a thing as a purely "American" car too.
It all depends on what you're doing.

> 3. Depending on your specific needs, in the BBS world there are
> far more HST's out there than Telebits.

In the rest of the world, there are far more Telebits than HST's.

> 4. For the somewhere near the same $$ you can buy a USR HST dual Standard
> and get HST and V.32 compatability and still be faster than Telebit.

Doing what?  9600 bps > 18k bps?  Granted, my Math degree is only a BS,
but I can't see this one.

> 5. The Telebit modems are notoriously hard to setup, they have more
> registers than I care to think about..

I see --  configurability is a negative feature.   It would be much
better to remove all that silly functionality and buy 110 baud acoustical
couplers instead.