From: spyder@admiral.uucp (Eric)
Subject: Re: PPI Modem IS REALLLLLLLY BAD!!!@%!@%!@
Reply-To: spyder@admiral.uucp (Eric)
Organization: The Grid/Waffle BBS, 203-661-2873, -1279, -0450, -2967
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:10:32 GMT

kc@netcom.com (Dameon D. Welch) writes:

> In article <qL3DwB2w164w@mcgort.COM> rlm@mcgort.COM (Robert McMillin) writes:
> >birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes:
> >
> >> spyder@admiral.uucp (Eric) writes:
> >> 
> >> >I have a PM14400FXSA, and the modem has got to be the worst modem on the
> >> >market.  I have had nothing but problems with it, and I practically have
> >> >to baby-sit it, since it is so bad.  The modem can't handshake correctly
> >> >on the first try to anywhere, and it can't upload either without the 
> >> >transfer being aborted, which makes some of the users on my system get
> >> >their transfers shot.  Anyway, there is no hope for a product with 
> >> >quality as cheap as this.  
> >> 
> >> Since this is "Spyder"'s second post ragging on PPI, I should note that,
> >> as PPI's tech folk say, the modem does work just fine for "other people."
> >> I have had my PM14400FXSA since early June, at a point when most people
> >> thought it was still vaporware.  I have not had a single problem with it
> >> that wasn't fixed by a ROM upgrade early this fall.
> >
> >Yes, PPI ROM upgrades did fix some of the problems.  However, I agree with
> >"Spyder" inasmuch as PPI modems are second rate where it comes to dealing
> >with marginally noisy lines -- which I have in my house and cannot convince
> >Pac*Hell to fix.  You can't hear noise on voice calls, so the assumption
>                                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >is that the problem is in my equipment, which is in fact the case.
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> How do you know that this is the case? Have you tried other brands of
> modems at your house as well? Some places simply don't have the proper
> phone lines installed (there were some problems up at UCSC with their
> dialin modems, which was eventually traced to the use of non-spec
> phone lines, or something of the sort).
> 
> As far as marginal lines go, my PPI does reasonably well on marginal
> lines. And MacUser recommended this modem for the same reason --
> because it performs well on marginal lines (as well as the Supra). 
> 
> >I still cannot successfully call the Telebit T2500's at work at any speed
> >greater than the v.32 fallback speed of 4800 from my house; the same call
> >through the lines at work (through the company PBX and through Pac*Hell's
> >lines) goes through without a peep.
> 
> This leads me to think that the problem is in your phone lines into
> your home, if it works fine everywhere else. But unless you can verify
> that it *is* the modem (ie, try other modems on that line), don't
> blame the PPI modem.
> -- 
> Dameon D. Welch, NH6TW               kc@netcom.com OR dwelch@scuacc.scu.edu
> Sophomore Computer Science Major at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
> --
>           "Don't be afraid, it's only business." -- Roger Waters

Actually, I tried the USR Courier v.32bis modem, and it worked nicely,
but that's not the point....I'm getting one more modem from PPI,
and then off to the Sportster if it doesn't work..

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