WF>     hello all..  Whats the best brand modem?  I'm getting one for 

 WF> christmas, 

 WF> (i'm only borrowing one at the moment..), and would like to know what is 

 WF> a 

 WF> good brand.  I have had experience with Spirit, and its crap, as we had 

 WF> HEAPS 

 WF> of problems, the one i am borrowing is a Banksia.  Its ok.  Just 

 WF> wondering if 

 WF> there are any better..  A magazine said LightSpeed modems are the best, 

 WF> but 

 WF> a computer place in sydney, said they are ok, (priced at $310), and said 

 WF> that 

 WF> a banksia one would be best (priced at $500).  I dunno if he is just 

 WF> trying to



 WF> -!- GEcho 1.00

 WF>  - Origin: DarkZone BBS, NODE1 V.34+ V.fc HST +61-63-726978 (3:623/683)



I see from your origin line that you connect to Darkzone, In this case you

should get a modem that connects best to the people you most likely be

Dialing, and also from what I hear about the lines in your part of the

country you should go for a USR Courier V34+ or if you cant afford that,

then a USR Sportster V.34+.



Anything less might cause you grief in your neck of the woods.



You can certianly do a lot lot worse, but it is hard to do better that a

Courier. 

You would not regret it, and it will see you though to the turn of the

century when a modem will be as useless as tits on a bull, due to the

fact that everything should be either cablemodem or terminal adaptor by then.



 

Russell



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