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- From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: My experience w/ my new ZyXel 1496E
- Message-ID: <X9gewB4w165w@zswamp.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 12:32:32 EST
- References: <725151265.AA00000@therose.pdx.com>
- Organization: Izot's Swamp
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- Jim.Long@p1.f48.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Jim Long) writes:
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- > GW> Be prepared for disappointment: 16.8 kbps is not very robust.
- >
- > That has not been my experience. I always get 16.8k with ZyXEL's BBS, and
- > have never gotten less than 16.8k with any ZyXEL, local or long-distance. I
- > haven't called a lot of numbers, but from Portland, OR I have called The
- > Dalles, OR (where my Supra wouldn't connect at all unless I locked it to
- > 9600), Tulsa, OK, and Grapevine, TX with excellent results.
- >
- > [lots of "Connect 16800"... messages deleted]
-
- Oh, my ZyXEL connected at 16800 bps, too... and usually, within minutes,
- had retrained itself down to 14400 or even 12000.
-
- Geoffrey Welsh, 7 Strath Humber Court, Islington, Ontario, M9A 4C8 Canada
- geoff@zswamp.uucp, [xenitec.on.ca|m2xenix.psg.com]!zswamp!geoff (416)258-8467
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