Bill, at 06:30 on Mar 31 1996, you wrote ...

BG>> Hard to say.  Some yum-chas, like the V.34 Dynalinks for 
BG>> example, are actually rather good value for money, as long 
BG>> as you don't mind using X3 (and I sure don't).  Others, 
BG>> like the Ellcon, are absolute garbage, so there are indeed 
BG>> times when it pays to buy from a well-known local 
BG>> manufacturer

DD>> Did you sheck the stats on the Ellcon connecting here with 
DD>> the USR Sportster and the M34F/Sportster from Capalaba?  
DD>> The Ellcon produced a better connect.

BG> There's something very weird going on then, because more 
BG> than half of the Ellcons at CHH were DOA straight out of the 
BG> box, and those that did actually work were bloody atrocious, 
BG> and generally connected two whole 2400 bps steps slower at 
BG> V.34 than any other brand.  They were so bad, that we sent 
BG> them all back to the distributor, and permanently dropped 
BG> them from stock.

This one has to be forced to pickup the line, but once connected seems to
transact the data quite well.  The USR stats program showed a flatter
frequency graph for the Ellcon than the M34F.

David
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