--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EFJ00001Date: 11/13/97 From: STEVEN TROULIS Time: 06:45am \/To: DENNIS HADDOX (Read 4 times) Subj: Maxtech -> Because I have one of them :) It is a very nice modem once the init -> string is right, very good connects at all times. It is a USR clone. -> I just picked up a Maxtech X2 56K internal with voice for $129. I had a USR 33.6 and the Maxtech is every bit as reliable as the USR was. I get a 48000 conncet at AT&T Worldnet every time. They also offer a free upgrade to whatever the new standard is. I don't think I will buy a USR again if I need a modem, considering there was a $70 price difference. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: The Mad House (1:107/360.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EFJ00002Date: 11/13/97 From: JOSEPH THOMAS Time: 08:12am \/To: CRAIG FORD (Read 4 times) Subj: X2/FLEX Thanks, appreciate it. --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Southern Star - sstar.com - V.32b/V.34+ - 504-885-5928 - (1:396/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EFJ00003Date: 11/13/97 From: JOSEPH THOMAS Time: 08:14am \/To: RICK COLLINS (Read 4 times) Subj: X2/FLEX Thanks, If neither 56 flex nor X2 is going to be standard, we might as well be happy with what we can get now. MY dial up is using 56Flex, so I have to go by that standards. Take care. --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Southern Star - sstar.com - V.32b/V.34+ - 504-885-5928 - (1:396/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EFJ00004Date: 11/14/97 From: DENNIS HADDOX Time: 02:17pm \/To: STEVEN TROULIS (Read 4 times) Subj: Maxtech ST> I just picked up a Maxtech X2 56K internal with voice for $129. I had ST> a USR 33.6 and the Maxtech is every bit as reliable as the USR was. ST> I get a 48000 conncet at AT&T Worldnet every time. They also offer ST> a free upgrade to whatever the new standard is. I don't think I will ST> buy a USR again if I need a modem, considering there was a $70 price That is a very good price on that modem! It IS worth looking at for a savings of 70 bucks! Is the caller ID documented in the manual for this modem? One of my 33.6's allegedly supports it but there is no mention of it in the modem and I have never been able to get that particular function to work properly. Every other function works great once it is tweaked. ... Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs. --- TriToss (tm) Professional 11.0 - #108 * Origin: The Hall of Fame * Canton, Ohio * 330.456.8856 (1:2215/300.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EFJ00005Date: 11/13/97 From: DAVE RAYMOND Time: 07:58am \/To: ADAM MAJER (Read 4 times) Subj: 1 GIG/S MODEMS !! Adam, AM> While the war b/w 56K and X2 continues, Rockwell introduced a modem AM> capable of achiving 1 GIG PER SECOND over ordinary phone lines! It AM> will cost $350 and it's suppose to be comming in the second quarter of AM> 1998. 1 Gig seems like an awful high number. I doubt that that's the case. I think maybe you misread it. Also, bear in mind, when you see advertisement of speed like that, it is typically in "bits", not "bytes". Hence the MB usually stands for, "MegaBits". Big difference. / Dave Raymond - Moderator: O[X%X%X%X]{<>======================================-- \ HS Modems / OS-Debate / BayChat HomePage: http://home1.gte.net/thor39 ... Why is it that you never hear about psychics winning the lottery? --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: No Fear * St. Pete, FL * (1:3603/73.12) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EFJ00006Date: 11/13/97 From: DAVE RAYMOND Time: 08:01am \/To: PRATAP DERRICK (Read 4 times) Subj: 1 GIG/S MODEMS !! Pratap, AM>> While the war b/w 56K and X2 continues, Rockwell introduced AM>> a modem capable of achiving 1 GIG PER SECOND over ordinary AM>> phone lines! It will cost $350 and it's suppose to be AM>> comming in the second quarter of 1998. -+- PD> Hello Adam, PD> I went to the Rockwell web site and didnt see PD> anything about a 1 gig/per second modem.. PD> I DID see a 1 mega bit persecond modem.. PD> Down stream..and 128k upstream with Phone PD> company installed special equiptment.. PD> An addaption of the ADSL technology.. PD> with out the spliter... PD> I dont think the phone companys OR PD> the ISPs will install them without PD> putting a pretty hefty price on the PD> users ***US*** I know that GTE has been working with MicroSoft out in Redmond, WA on a new technology, that would allow twice the rate of transfer of 56kb modems, over conventional phone lines. They're probably using Rockwell based modems then, since they were supposed to use K56Flex, when they went to 56kb. I'll stick with my "cable modem". :) / Dave Raymond - Moderator: O[X%X%X%X]{<>======================================-- \ HS Modems / OS-Debate / BayChat HomePage: http://home1.gte.net/thor39 ... According to my best recollection, I don't remember. --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: No Fear * St. Pete, FL * (1:3603/73.12) Bob, PD>> AND... they said it would cost about what we are currently PD>> paying for X2-K56 modems.. DB>> Hmmm... considering by the mid-1998, I should be hooked up to DB>> ADSL with 6mbps/640kbps, I find an announcement about DB>> 1Mbps/128kbps to be cold pancakes and no honey. It'll cost DB>> around $60 per month plus needing a NIC card. BJ> That's what the phone company will charge. The ISP charge for that BJ> kind of bandwidth will be staggering. :-( Personally, I'm using a cable modem, hooked to a 10mbps EtherNet card. Costs about $60.00 p/mth total. This isn't too bad, when you consider that most folks who are on line a lot have a separate phone line. Let's say this line on average is $15.00 - $20.00 p/mth. Then add the typical $20.00 p/mth InterNet account fee. The $60.00 I pay includes the InterNet account. It's not that big of a difference, to have the performance. As an example, I sucked down IE 4.0 (24.5 Meg) in less than 3 minutes. I'll pay the extra $20.00 - $25.00. :) / Dave Raymond - Moderator: O[X%X%X%X]{<>======================================-- \ HS Modems / OS-Debate / BayChat HomePage: http://home1.gte.net/thor39 ... "No" to a cat means "not while you're looking". --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: No Fear * St. Pete, FL * (1:3603/73.12) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EFJ00007Date: 11/13/97 From: DAVE RAYMOND Time: 08:13am \/To: BOB JUGE (Read 4 times) Subj: 1 GIG/S MODEMS !! Bob, PD>> AND... they said it would cost about what we are currently PD>> paying for X2-K56 modems.. DB>> Hmmm... considering by the mid-1998, I should be hooked up to DB>> ADSL with 6mbps/640kbps, I find an announcement about DB>> 1Mbps/128kbps to be cold pancakes and no honey. It'll cost DB>> around $60 per month plus needing a NIC card. BJ> That's what the phone company will charge. The ISP charge for that BJ> kind of bandwidth will be staggering. :-( Personally, I'm using a cable modem, hooked to a 10mbps EtherNet card. Costs about $60.00 p/mth total. This isn't too bad, when you consider that most folks who are on line a lot have a separate phone line. Let's say this line on average is $15.00 - $20.00 p/mth. Then add the typical $20.00 p/mth InterNet account fee. The $60.00 I pay includes the InterNet account. It's not that big of a difference, to have the performance. As an example, I sucked down IE 4.0 (24.5 Meg) in less than 3 minutes. I'll pay the extra $20.00 - $25.00. :) / Dave Raymond - Moderator: O[X%X%X%X]{<>======================================-- \ HS Modems / OS-Debate / BayChat HomePage: http://home1.gte.net/thor39 ... "No" to a cat means "not while you're looking". --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: No Fear * St. Pete, FL * (1:3603/73.12) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EFJ00008Date: 11/10/97 From: DAVE RAYMOND Time: 06:30pm \/To: RICK COLLINS (Read 4 times) Subj: modem conflicts Rick, AA>> Which raises the question: why did anyone think that more than 2 AA>> comm ports would ber USEFUL if they shared irq's like that? RC> The IRQs can be re-assigned. When the basic PC architecture was RC> designed it seemed a reasonable compromise. You can, after all, use RC> two ports with the same IRQ as long as only one is in use at any given RC> moment. Not true on all systems. Some will have problems when set up that way. / Dave Raymond - Moderator: O[X%X%X%X]{<>======================================-- \ HS Modems / OS-Debate / BayChat HomePage: http://home1.gte.net/thor39 --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: No Fear * St. Pete, FL * (1:3603/73.12) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EFJ00009Date: 11/15/97 From: BOB JUGE Time: 09:15am \/To: DAVE RAYMOND (Read 4 times) Subj: 1 GIG/S MODEMS !! Dave Raymond wrote in a message to Bob Juge: DB>> Hmmm... considering by the mid-1998, I should be hooked up to DB>> ADSL with 6mbps/640kbps, I find an announcement about DB>> 1Mbps/128kbps to be cold pancakes and no honey. It'll cost DB>> around $60 per month plus needing a NIC card. BJ> That's what the phone company will charge. The ISP charge for that BJ> kind of bandwidth will be staggering. :-( DR> Personally, I'm using a cable modem, hooked to a 10mbps EtherNet DR> card. Costs about $60.00 p/mth total. This isn't too bad, when you DR> consider that most folks who are on line a lot have a separate DR> phone line. Let's say this line on average is $15.00 - $20.00 DR> p/mth. Then add the typical $20.00 p/mth InterNet account fee. DR> The $60.00 I pay includes the InterNet account. It's not that big DR> of a difference, to have the performance. As an example, I sucked DR> down IE 4.0 (24.5 Meg) in less than 3 minutes. I'll pay the extra DR> $20.00 - $25.00. :) If you're lucky enough to have a modern cable company that offers this, it's definitely the way to go. However, if you happen to live in a neighborhood that fills up with cable modem surfers, your performance will decrease as more come online, as all are sharing the same finite bandwidth over the common cable. xDSL is a nailed-down dedicated line with bandwidth that's fixed and 100% exclusively yours 24 hours a day. That's why it's more expensive. :-) - Bob Internet : bob@juge.com Telnet, Vmodem, WWW or FTP to juge.com --- timEd/2 1.10+ * Origin: COMM Port OS/2 juge.com 204.89.247.1 (281) 980-9671 (1:106/2000) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 105 HIGH SPEED MODEM Ref: EFJ00010Date: 11/15/97 From: STEVEN TROULIS Time: 03:47pm \/To: DENNIS HADDOX (Read 4 times) Subj: Maxtech -> Is the caller ID documented in the manual for this -> modem? One of my 33.6's allegedly supports it but there is no -> mention of it in the modem and I have never been able to get that -> particular function to work properly. Every other function works -> great once it is tweaked. I looked at the manual and it's for a 33.6k model with an add in sheet that explains the extra commands for 56k. It doesn't say anything about it in the paperwork, yet when I issue the command ATI7 it says it has CID. Then again, the Rom date comes up as 1999. Go figure. As long as it works - I'm happy. I even got a rare 50,333 connect with it last night. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: The Mad House (1:107/360.0)