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>My advice to anyone is to stay away from Winmodems. The only reason to
>actually buy one is because they are cheap.....not for reliability.
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>Personally, I don't buy anything but U.S. Robotics for my own use. I
>have had customers request cheaper (price AND quality) and they usually
>have problems....even though I warn them.
>>
>> HI
>> I am currently considering buying a Amquest Hypermodem to replace my
old
>> Etech. Amquest used to be a top rated modem, but then was sold to
KDS. I
>> find the allure of being able to buy a internal data/voice/fax/svd
for
>> thirty dollars too hard to resist, unless I get some negative
feedback here
>> from this post re Amquest. One thing that makes this a easier
decision, is
>> the simple, easy to follow information on the Amquest web site, re
drivers,
>> installation, etc. PCWorld had a Amquest modem in its top ten list
for
>> February, and when I consider lifetime warranty, and toll free
support,
I currently use and install Purtek modems almost exclusively and very
rarely have any problems with them. Most of the problems that I have had
were because they were installed on systems that did not meet the
minimum requirements of that particular modem model. I have used other
"name brand" modems and did not notice that they were any more reliable
than the Purtek units. I am also pretty sure that USRobotics was one of
the first companies to offer winmodems and that most of their current
modems are winmodems.
Dennis Noble
www.computersalacarte.com
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