Hi Bill,

PS>After the untimly death of my beloved Supra 28.8k V.FC, I am in the
PS>market for a new modem for my BBS. The modems that I am looking
PS>at are (but not limited to :)

PS> USR Courier   (33.6k)

BG>The pick of the bunch IMO.  Handles all V.n protocols plus HST, and has
BG>the major advantage of flash-ROM upgradeability.  Can be had for ~$500
BG>now too.
And what I went with, Under $500, yep, paid $439 for it (northcote
computers) Not a 'SysOp Deal'. Modem Connection would not tell me a
SysOp price, tho the dealer price was $435 inc tax....

PS> Dynalink      (33.6k)

BG>Too flaky for BBS use, especially with its broken BTLZ compression.
BG>Presumably you know that these are only available as internal modems ?
One of the other reasons I did not go for the Dynalink (no free slots
left :)

PS> Currently have a borrowed Avtech MegaPlus Fax V.34, but it seem that
PS> it does not like connecting to a few of my regular connections :(
PS> (Which, I might add, the Supra help a good, solid 28.8k)

BG>I doubt that any modem will give 100% interconnectivity.
With 2 of the local calls I make, the Avtech would not connect at all
to one of them, and the other was a hit and miss, if it did connect it
was usually at 14.4k, on the other hand, the Supra would connect at
28.8k every time...... I liked my supra, it was small, it showed the
connect speed on the little led read-out, it sat on my desk and
accepted thousands of calls, and made hundreds of calls, I have it in
the drawer at the moment, hopefull that I can get it repaired
(locally). Yep, good, solid, reliable little modem it was (the USR is
about 2.5 times the size of lil supra :)

PS> Whatever I get *needs* to be able to handle some rather suspect line
PS> conditions (to/from Europe mainly)

BG>My Courier works extremely well with ISD calls to the USA, but I can't
BG>comment on Europe at all, as I've never had occasion to call there.

Just got a call from Sweeden, he normally connects to the maestro at
4.8k - 7.2k, hit the USR at 14.4k (he has a USR as well)

 cya later,

 Paul.

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