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From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk)
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In-Reply-To: Leonard Chua <lenc@earth.infinetconsulting.com>
       "Re: reliable modems? - How about if I do this...?" (Jan 14, 12:08am)
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} Thanks to the many kind folks for their replies.
} I had about 5 replies in favor of USR Couriers,
} and a couple for MultiTech, and several others as well.
} 
} We have decided to spend a bunch of $$$ to do some tests to help us 
} decide. So what I'll do for now is to buy a handfull of various vendors' 
} modems and test them against each other (various permutations and 
} combinations). To speed things along, I'll probably post a bunch of 
} questions in the like of "This XXX modem won't talk to FreeBSD, .....??"
} Oh, and if anyone would like to suggest what tests I should include, I would
} certainly appreciate it. Any pitfalls, hazards and common mistakes to 
} watch out for too, thanks.
} 

This sounds great!  It would probably be helpful to find a few of the
recent comparisons in the press to get you started.  I think Byte did
a (somewhat flawed) comparison, and I think there have been others.


Richard