On Jan 22, 1997 at 22:18 hrs, Glen Collins of 3:712/841 wrote to John Piper:

Hello Glen,

JP>> I just witnessed a miracle: I am logged into the racks at work right

 GC> A rack modem would be a good addition to my BBS... hmm maybe one day, 
 GC> if I win lotto!

There are downsides as well.  With standalone modems you can mix brands
across the lines as you replace brand x on line 1 with a brand y.  With a
rack you either replace the rack and the modems or go with the latest modem
that the rack was designed for which limits your choices somewhat.

The rack modems tend to be more expensive as well.  At one stage the
NetComm rack modems were about $900-1000 while the standalone M34F went for
around $500-600.

Regards ... John
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