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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!uct.ac.za!quagga.ru.ac.za!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!news.diac.com!news From: "Paul M. Newhouse" <pimin@diac.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help: USR Robotics 28.8k Modem Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 18:28:45 -0600 Organization: Basement Lines: 34 Message-ID: <322B7BBD.167EB0E7@diac.com> References: <508gbg$l98@holodeck.iss.nus.sg> <3228F0B9.167EB0E7@odu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pimin.diac.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; BSD/386 uname failed) Jonathan Sturges wrote: > Without going into possible problems with your config, let me first say > that the USR Sportsters are modems to stay away from. They will be the > source of many headaches. I've been using 28.8 USR Sporters for about 6 mo and haven't had any reason to complain. > Take a look at this site: > http://www.carabelli.com/dentist/lore/usrincident.html I did, which lead me to: http://lisa.denkart.com/sportster.history.html where a complaint was lodged about the AC power switch on USR Sporters. I'm a little confused since there is no AC power to the modem (it comes with an AC to DC transformer). Of course USR may have changed this between the 14.4 referenced in history.html and the two 28.8's I use. > although I don't think the problem they describe has anything to do with > your problem, it's just the point that the quality of the Sporster is > poor. Do you have actual experience with USR problems or are you just passing along net gossip? What modems do you recommend that don't have a net complaint somewhere? Paul