USR X2 & Windoze faxing

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> Well, it's out in the States, and doing OK over there. I'm working on 
> the UK side, it'll be out RSN. Speeds are looking like average 
> connects of 45-48K, something of that order.

I believe the case is that X2 only works when half of your 
connect is digital. There can only be one local loop invlovled. The 
idea is that your ISP buys fancy x2 receiving equipment and hooks it up 
digitally, while you plug in your modem to an old POTS line.

Personally, I'd like to see the industry in the US switch over to ISDN, 
but every year, it seems less and less like that will happen. I 
understand it's doing OK in Europe though...

> Out of curiosity, how come folks running MS Doze seem to have little 
> problem with faxing. I'm sure the modems in the boxes they are buying 
> are nothing special. Admittedly, my sample size is quite small.

This is the second time I've seen this in the last week. I've worked 
with several modems under windows and I'm convinced that none of them 
work properly. 

The first one was a Zoltrix with a UMC chipset. Very cheap. Amazingly, 
this one worked the best. It did have problems with not stopping 
recording, but faxing generally worked well.

The second was a USR Sportster 33.6 voice. I only once connected at 
anything higher than 26.4, and that was when I plugged the modem directly 
into another modem. I must say that data worked great. Faxing and voice 
were horrible. The modem would consistantly hang while trying to record 
enough voice to set it up. I eventually gave up. It too had problems 
recording forever.

Both packages came with 16 bit software intended for Windows 3.1-- I 
don't think USR has anything newer yet.

The system that worked best was a little program ($70) called PMFax under 
os/2. With the USR, it worked really well. Never had a problem-- and 
had the ability to configure it however I wanted using REXX scripting.

The other two were rockwell chipsets on sound/modem combo cards. They 
also came with win 3.1 based software. Need I say more?

				Matt Ingenthron

 
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