I once had a problem with a Newcom modem, the stupid thing caused my answering maching to come on when I dialed out. A friend of mine bough the Newcom 24x cdrom got the ACER brand, but it works great. -patrick black On Fri, 13 Mar 1998 14:25:58 EST Derek S Buchanan <[log in to unmask]> writes: >To all: > Avoid NEwcom modems like the plague! 90% are returned to the >store I work at and you know buying a $49.00 modem with a $30 rebate >is kind of fishy. And as for 56K newcom modems for $79.00 with a >$30.00 rebate, well if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. > > Here is the kicker about Newcom Cd-ROMS. I work at a retail >store and the newcoms we installed for people have the word >REWRITEable on them. Can you you say refurbished? Maybe, here is a >point in case. A customer returns a Newcom, the attending clerk opens >the box and checks the contents while the customer waits. The CD-ROM >says "ACER" on it. Did he replace it? Well, that is what we thought, _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]