Paul, at 23:26 on May 16 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BV> Any sane person would have learnt after the Spirit fiasco.

BG> Pretty easy to see now why some sane people choose to pay a premium for 
BG> proven BBS-reliable modems, like the $1100 Microcom Deskporte Fast+ (which 
BG> is being rebadged by Banksia as its top model), or the $799 USR Courier.

PE> The latter hasn't been proven by a long shot. 

That's your opinion Paul, but I know several BBS operators (running
Couriers) who would disagree with you.

PE> Actually, neither has the first, Matthew has one, and gets problems 
PE> connecting to my M34F that no-one else gets. 

Of course, it couldn't possibly be the NetComm at fault, could it?  :)

It's true though that the days of everybody's 2400bps modems connecting
reliably appear to have gone.  However, given that the various protocol
specs are set in stone by the ITU-T, one would reasonably expect that all
modems should be able to connect with each other without problems, but this
is just not the case.  Unfortunately, no modem is 100% perfect these days.

Regards, Bill

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