Hi Hamish,

HM>Some of us are opposed to USRs on religious grounds. It think Lewin
HM>might join me on that one. :-)
(oh no, please, don't start Lewin on this religous crusade :-)

HM>Besides (a little different I know) not all USRs are terrific; I had a
HM>Sportster 14400 internal for a while and I have to say, the external
HM>Maestro 144FM (metal case) I had before it was a much better modem.

Currently have 5 modems here, some used every day, 24hrs a day, others
that sit in thier boxes as backup units....

1) 14.4k Oz Sportster - not bad, seems pretty reliable, maintains good
connections, even on terrible lines (not used on the BBS these days)

2) 14.4k Maestro 144FM - never been an ounce of trouble since day 1,
doesn't handle sus lines as well as the Sportster tho (used on line 1
of my BBS)

3) Interlink 12k - I don't care what else you have heard about
Interlink modems, this 12345 model was/is great. Handled some pretty
sus lines without a problem. Its' only problem is that its max speed
is 12k (not used on the BBS these days)

4) Courier V.34+ - Nice modem (so far) bought it a few weeks back,
have not yet played with init strings, handles some pretty lousy
lines with ease (international calls, both inbound & outbound
(currently used on Line 2 of my BBS)

5) Supra 288 - (sob) I liked my Supra Faxmodem, gee it was good,
never complained, would handle the worst lines without a complaint,
nice little allow one piece case, nice little display for connection
speed, error correction ect. The only non austel approved modem I have
owned (not used - a little to much electricity got to it :(

The other modem I have used was a 2400 Netcomm, was a good modem,
never had a problem with it until it took a little to much spark one
day which killed it :)

 cya later,

 Paul.

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