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- From: acook@athena.mit.edu (Andrew R Cook)
- Subject: Re: Need suggestions for high speed modem / PPI bashing
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.135623.381@athena.mit.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 13:56:23 GMT
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- In article <2B3E29D6.132@ics.uci.edu>, you write:
- |> Dear all,
- |>
- |> I plan to purchase an external high speed( > 9600 Baud) fax modem, can
- |> anyone suggest one for me ? My budget limit will be $400 and if you know of
- |> any mail order place, please inform me too(Tax is high in California). Thanks
- |> in advance.
- |>
- |> --Billy
-
- Hi
-
- I would highly suggest PC Connection (Marlow, NH - look in any PC rag). I
- have bought many things from them, and have found them to be fast, curteous,
- and to have good customer support. Last week, I bought a Practical Peripherals
- PM14400FXSA modem from them, and got it the next day. It had problems, and
- they sent me out another on the next day (the day before Christmas!), no
- problem. I even got them to schedule a pick-up for the dead modem by the
- shipping company, that way I did not need to hassle with shipping it back myself
- (or paying the shipping!).
-
- About the PPI PM14400FXSA: I would highly suggest it, even though my first one
- showed up dead. PC Connection sold it to me for $399 (external model) with
- WinFax Pro thrown in free. PPI's tech support was very good at diagnosing the
- problem with my original modem, and told me to send it back. My only gripe
- with PPI is that the manual is pretty technical, and if you are not used to
- using modems, can be tough to decipher. Though for many people I'm sure this
- is a plus (its a good reference), I still don't know how to do a bunch of things.
- I would be nice if they would include sections with examples for people using
- standard software (procomm, kermit, etc...). This is my first 2400+ modem, so
- I didn't know much about v.32, .32bis, .42, .42bis, MNP2-5, etc.... I guess
- I'm still a bit in the dark. I'm pretty happy though. It brings a big smile
- to your face the first time you see big transfer rates !
-
- Andy Cook
- acook@athena.mit.edu
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