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From: ANTant@zimage.com (Ant)
Subject: Re: dialup problems
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james@nospam.com wrote:

> My Sportsters (I have two of them) are both V92. External Serial cable
> types. 
> I had another one that was V90, and I did not notice any difference
> beween the V90 and V92. But that V90 one died.

> I'm looking on ebay at a NEW Supra Express 56K ITU standard.

> Also an external serial modem.

> The box says "Shotgun ready for speeds up to 112K
> Voicemail, Internet and Fax
> 56K ITU standard V90 and K56Flex.".

> I dont know what ITU means....
> It is V90, but what is K56Flex? 
> Is that better than just V90?

> And what about that "Shotgun Ready"?
> I know there are some people online who I'd like to shoot, but I'm not
> into murdering anyone online by pulling the trigger on my modem. 

> Seriously what does the shotgun ready mean?

Shotgun is combining two dial-up modems on two different copper phone 
lines. http://www.modemhelp.net/faqs/shotgun.shtml for its details.


> Like I said, I am considering buying another brand of modem. I hear that
> Supra is one of the better brands. BUt if it's just anoither V90, isnt
> that gonna work the same as my Sportster?

> I noted that these Supra ones sell for a lot more than the USR sportster
> modems sell for on Ebay. The cheapest one I found is $30 (but its NEW
> and still in the box). Most of the Sportsters sell for $15 to $20, but
> most are USED.

Wow, I remember Supra. I think I had its 28.8k external modem I bought 
from my college roommate, but its connection sucked with 16800 speed. :(


> Whats a real joke is that there are sellers trying to sell 1200 baud
> Supra modems for $90. Who in their right mind would even want a 1200
> baud modem, much less pay that much for one?

Were they brand new and unopened?


> There are a lot of Supra modems selling that are USB type, but I cant
> use them on my Win98 machine, so I wont buy a USB type.

I tried a couple winmodems at work. Dang they suck. Also, they don't 
work under a Mac Mini's Mac OS X v10.9. (no driver). :(
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