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echo: usr_modems
to: Yuri Wiitala
from: David Drummond
date: 1996-05-17 06:59:16
subject: Telebit vs. USR?

Yuri, at 00:20 on May 13 1996, you wrote to Gene Lowry ...

YW> I haven't been around here lately (too much to do), but I 
YW> have a question.

YW> I was over at a friend's house a few days ago, and he's 
YW> starting up a BBS using Telebit 33.6k modems.  He was raving 
YW> about how they were the best modems around.  I had to put in 
YW> a good word about USR modems, of course!  He then said USR's 
YW> 33.6k was unstable (I haven't read anything here about 
YW> that).

YW> So, how does the Telebit compare to, say, a Courier?  Do 
YW> both use the same V.34+ protocol?  And, is USR's 33.6k 
YW> unstable?


I had a user who was getting good 33,600 connects from more than 1000 miles
away (Courier to Courier).

David
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