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- From: spyder@admiral.uucp (Eric)
- Subject: Re: PPI Modem IS REALLLLLLLY BAD!!!@%!@%!@
- Reply-To: spyder@admiral.uucp (Eric)
- Organization: The Grid/Waffle BBS, 203-661-2873, -1279, -0450, -2967
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:10:32 GMT
- Message-ID: <0R6JwB1w164w@admiral.uucp>
- References: <1992Dec26.235907.7935@netcom.com>
- Sender: waffle@admiral.uucp (Waffle BBS User)
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- kc@netcom.com (Dameon D. Welch) writes:
-
- > In article <qL3DwB2w164w@mcgort.COM> rlm@mcgort.COM (Robert McMillin) writes:
- > >birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes:
- > >
- > >> spyder@admiral.uucp (Eric) writes:
- > >>
- > >> >I have a PM14400FXSA, and the modem has got to be the worst modem on the
- > >> >market. I have had nothing but problems with it, and I practically have
- > >> >to baby-sit it, since it is so bad. The modem can't handshake correctly
- > >> >on the first try to anywhere, and it can't upload either without the
- > >> >transfer being aborted, which makes some of the users on my system get
- > >> >their transfers shot. Anyway, there is no hope for a product with
- > >> >quality as cheap as this.
- > >>
- > >> Since this is "Spyder"'s second post ragging on PPI, I should note that,
- > >> as PPI's tech folk say, the modem does work just fine for "other people."
- > >> I have had my PM14400FXSA since early June, at a point when most people
- > >> thought it was still vaporware. I have not had a single problem with it
- > >> that wasn't fixed by a ROM upgrade early this fall.
- > >
- > >Yes, PPI ROM upgrades did fix some of the problems. However, I agree with
- > >"Spyder" inasmuch as PPI modems are second rate where it comes to dealing
- > >with marginally noisy lines -- which I have in my house and cannot convince
- > >Pac*Hell to fix. You can't hear noise on voice calls, so the assumption
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > >is that the problem is in my equipment, which is in fact the case.
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >
- > How do you know that this is the case? Have you tried other brands of
- > modems at your house as well? Some places simply don't have the proper
- > phone lines installed (there were some problems up at UCSC with their
- > dialin modems, which was eventually traced to the use of non-spec
- > phone lines, or something of the sort).
- >
- > As far as marginal lines go, my PPI does reasonably well on marginal
- > lines. And MacUser recommended this modem for the same reason --
- > because it performs well on marginal lines (as well as the Supra).
- >
- > >I still cannot successfully call the Telebit T2500's at work at any speed
- > >greater than the v.32 fallback speed of 4800 from my house; the same call
- > >through the lines at work (through the company PBX and through Pac*Hell's
- > >lines) goes through without a peep.
- >
- > This leads me to think that the problem is in your phone lines into
- > your home, if it works fine everywhere else. But unless you can verify
- > that it *is* the modem (ie, try other modems on that line), don't
- > blame the PPI modem.
- > --
- > Dameon D. Welch, NH6TW kc@netcom.com OR dwelch@scuacc.scu.edu
- > Sophomore Computer Science Major at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
- > --
- > "Don't be afraid, it's only business." -- Roger Waters
-
- Actually, I tried the USR Courier v.32bis modem, and it worked nicely,
- but that's not the point....I'm getting one more modem from PPI,
- and then off to the Sportster if it doesn't work..
-
- --
- spyder%admiral.uucp@yale.edu (Eric) <yale!admiral!spyder>
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