Re: [hylafax-users] Hardware suggestions to get Hylafax running?

[Michael Hallager <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Joshua Kinard wrote:
> > I wish I had a reasonable budget to work with for this, but it's mostly a
> > project I'm cooking up outside of what's been approved for this year. 
> > We're looking at either shelling our $695 to Castelle to upgrade our
> > 2-line Faxpress unit to their latest software model, or seeing whether I
> > can devise something for the same price or less.  So I figured I'd start
> > on the cheap-side of things and move upwards on the price range as I
> > begin to assemble in my head the kinds of components needed, but try to
> > stay under that $695 figure.
>
> I understand completely.... my suggestion is that you put a value on
> your time.... if you look at some of the recent posts in the newsgroup
> you will find many people who have spent a small fortune debugging known
> problems on cheap hardware (USR modems for instance).

Can posts criticizing hardware please be more specific?

The USR reported 'problems' always relate to cheap Sportster model modems.

I use a couple of Courier's here (One branded USR and the other 3com) and they 
are excellent reliable devices for fax.

If you want good modems* that you can pickup reasonably cheaply 2nd hand these 
would be my #1 recommendation. 

*And you don't mind that they look like they came out of the ark - even the 
56k v.92 models are stylishly archaic. 


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