Larry,

Just curious - I've used the Motorola Winmodems for about a year and have
only had one bad modem... what problems have you been experiencing?

Guido Piraino
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> Behalf Of Larry Fisk
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 1:37 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] USR vs LT modems
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>
> Jim;
>
> Although I don't generally us LT winmodems in my systems
> I have used a few on my inexpensive or used systems.
> They seem to work very well.
> I have seen them connect at the same or faster speeds
> than my USR hardware modem on the same line.
>   It's hard to ignore them, when they work well and cost
> as little as $12. The USR internal hardware modems I use
> cost around $60. The LT winmodems use the Lucent chipset.
> I can't really recommend any other chipset, but I haven't used many.
> Most of the big name computer companies use some brand of winmodem
> One brand I avoid like the plague are Motorola winmodems.

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