Dear Conrad,

Re your message:-

 => Just want to know if anyone has experience with the Diamond chipset
 => (Pump TM) v.34 modems. These modems, were selling for $299 which
 => were very cheap.

You are a little confused.  There is no "Diamond chipset". 
Pump(tm) means ¨that Pump is a Trademark.  DataPump is also a Trademark. 
Both series of V.34 ¨28.8k modems use the Rockwell(tm) chip set.  The exact
same chipset in fact.

The only difference between the Pump and DataPump series was that the Pump
¨series was not AUSTEL approved, while the DataPump series is AUSTEL
approved.

The Pump series is no longer marketed as the price difference between
AUSTEL ¨and non-AUSTEL modems is no longer as big as it once was.  There is
simply ¨no point in marketing non-AUSTEL modems any more.

In fact the V.34 DataPump is now selling at the same $299 price the Pump
was ¨selling for.  In the near future the new V.34
Voice/Fax/Data/SpeakerPhone ¨will be released at only about 10% more than
the current V.34 Fax/Data ¨models.  So standard V.34 models will be forced
down in price or perhaps even ¨forced off the market.

Oh, I forgot to mention that there was possibly one other difference
between ¨Pump and DataPump models - Some Pump models did not recognise all
Australian ¨Dial Tones while the DataPump series did recognise Australian
Dial Tone. ¨However, don't forget that even some other brands of AUSTEL
approved modems ¨(ASKEY DynaLink for example) do not recognise Dial Tone.

Regards,

John (The Diamond Group)

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