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On Sat, 5 Oct 1996, Kelly Wright. wrote:
> For the one having problems with USR Modems I might have a solution. If
> your needing more modems let me know. We have taken ours out of service
> due to the conversion to our Ascend 4000 box. We never had a problem.
> There is a rack out there that supports these stand alone modems. I have
> the info for the one who is interested. I am willing to make someone a
> deal with our remaining modems.
>
> Kelly Wright
>
> ----------
> > From: Chuck Rouzer <rouzer@spyder.net>
> > To: portmaster-radius@livingston.com
> > Subject: Re: Portmaster RADIUS Users Digest V96 #173
> > Date: Friday, October 04, 1996 11:44 PM
> >
> > Just to let everyone know..
> >
> >
> > USR Sportsters in yer modem pool is bad!! These things over heat
> > like hell... they will stop answering or connect at very low rates after
> > being used intensely!! You will be replacing these modems faster than
> > you will be adding new lines.
> >
> > Solution to cheap modems? Well you could stick with desktop external
> > modems and go with the Couriers which some use (and they say it works).
> > Or go with a rack mount solution... the best we have found so far are
> > Hayes Optima Century2 16 ... We have had one "flaky" modem since our
> > evaluation. One flaky modem is not good, but these modems are
> > each swapable and provide the reliability that modems should have. You
> > could also go with USR Total Control Analog, USR Net Server, or USR-16..
> >
> > My over all choice for Analog is Hayes, because they have great prices
> > & functionality for an ISP. But USR had a great ISP Program last month
> > that had great pricing.
> >
> > The future is T1 PRIs... Digital modems are the best of course if your
> > local Bell company provides competitive pricing on these lines. This is
> > where a great Portmaster 3 is great to use!! Or USR Total Control.
> > Anyone care to give info on ADSL?
> >
> > Sorry for being off topic!! Bell South is a monopoly!! Please help!!!
> >
> > --
> > /* Chuck Rouzer - rouzer@spyder.net - http://www.spyder.net */
>