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(Don't steal my squigglies)
On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Jon Lewis wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Prof. Jake Messinger wrote:
>
> > Heh, so you are saying then that they make GOOD end-user dial out modems?
> > Thats what I was planning on using them for?
> >
> > Then on the other hand, you are saying they make bad dial-in isp modems?
>
> With proper care and feeding, they aren't too bad...but if you use them,
> you will need your local equiv of call-forward-don't-answer, and you will
> need to power cycle certain ones occasionally. Then there's also the N
> transformers to plug in. I use a sportster at home and am happy with it
> for dialout...the sportster lockups seem to be mostly if not entirely a
> dial-up service related problem.
>
> BTW...My current PPP session has been active for 4 days from one sportster
> to another...so they can work.
>
>
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