Re: flexfax: wedged??

[David Birnbaum <davidb@chelsea.net>]

In practical terms, I have discovered the following relationship:

If your modem costs less than $150, you have a "sportster" model, and your
mileage may be poor.

If your modem costs something in excess of $250, you have a "courier"
model, and I have found it to be a much more reliable solution.  I am
running eight of them at the moment, with very low failure rates.

David.

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On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Ian Diddams wrote:

> David Woolley wrote:
> > 
> > 1) USR no longer exists (taken over by 3COM, I think).
> 
> Well, yeah, but the box says 3Com U.S. Robotics 56K Faxmodem, and the
> modem itself looks like every USR modem I've ever seen except its a
> light grey in colour rather than a darkgrey, and its red livery also
> says 3Com U.S. Robotics, so lets not get too bogged down in semantics
> please.
>  
> > 2) USR made two ranges:  the couriers, a quality modem intended for
> > server use; and the Sporster, a made to the price modem for occasional
> > desk top use.  If you are using a Sportster for a critical 
> > application, you are probably applying false economies.
> 
> Possibly.  However the box and the modem itself use neither the
> terminology "Sportster" or "courier" so which is it then?  The only
> other writing on the modem is that it is made in Ireland and that 3Com
> corporation is based in Santa Clara CA.
> 
> Its technical specs say
> 
> 56 Kbps V.90 ITU standard
> 56 Kbps x2 Technology
> 33,600 V.34, V.32bis, V.32, V.22bis, V.22, V.23 and V.21 ITU standards
> V.42/MNP 2-4 error correction
> V.42bis/MNP 5 data compression
> Class 1 and 2.0 Group III 14.4 Kbps fax with V.17, V.29, V.27ter ITU
> standards
> Plug&Play automatic  installation and configuration
> V.80 ready
> 
> Secondandary to that, if it is connected to a server that periodically
> uses it (say, once a day) is that more important than a desktop that is
> uses it 20 times a day (he asked philosophically) ?
> 
> 
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