modems (fwd)

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Thu, 24 Apr 1997 10:21:26 +0200 (MEST)


Hi,

Mark E. Walter wrote:
> > I think there are a fair number of people out there who have access 
> > to a fax machine but would like to do "data and voice" 
> > only. Is there any consensus on which non-Zyxel modem is best? 
> 
> oops, I think we have all gotten the point on the faxing 
> and uptime ... Zyxel seems to well ahead of the game ... 900 Pages 
> WOW! 

*grin* - yes, I was impressed myself.

> What I meant to ask here was whether there was whether this is a 
> acceptable non-Zyxel for "voice and data only". 
> The Courier is reputably "acceptable" for "data only" 

Oh, for data, it's *very good*. For Fax, it's only "acceptable" :)

> what if voice is added to the equation? 

AFAIK, the USR Courier doesn't have voice. Only the USR Sportsters have,
and they have been causing lots of troubles.

In any case, Marc will have to answer that question, I'm not fully
up-to-date on voice modems.

gert

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