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to: Sunny Leung
from: Hamish Moffatt
date: 1996-07-23 14:48:00
subject: NetComm smartmodem 288

Hello Sunny!

Friday July 19 1996 17:00, Sunny Leung wrote to Eric Ooms:

 EO>> I'm looking for a great modem at a reasonable price and the NetComm
 EO>> Smartmodem 288 seems to be at the top of my list. From tests the 288D

 > Why not just buy a USR Courier? They're going for under $500 these days
 > and its 33.6k is tried and tested. Just don't buy the Courier if you
 > want Class 2 faxing as the Courier only does Class 1 and Class 2.0
 > faxing.

Some of us are opposed to USRs on religious grounds. It think Lewin might join
me on that one. :-)

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


Regards,
Hamish

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