WAGREICH@BBNA.ARPA (08/26/85)
I am interested in knowing how reliable the 2400 baud modems are for accessing computer services like DELPHI. I understand Tymnet and Uninet now have 2400 baud nodes. Is it necessary to have your telephone line conditioned for remote acess (either dial-up or via a network like tyment) at 2400 baud? My line is not conditioned for 1200 baud access to other computers and it works fine. I do have a problem in receiving calls from other PCs at 1200 baud in autoanswer mode -- there is a lot of static on the line and I have been told to get my line conditioned. Can someone explain this seeming paradox? What are the best 2400 baud modems? How expensive are they? Thanks for the information.
W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Keith Petersen) (09/02/85)
You should have no trouble with the US-Robotics COURIER 2400 baud modem. It has adaptive equalization (fancy term for automatically adjusting to your phone line's characteristics) and does not use the Rockwell chip set that Racal-Vadic and D.C. Hayes have had so much trouble with. --Keith
dad@mit-vax.UUCP (David Duff) (09/03/85)
In article <1160@brl-tgr.ARPA> W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Keith Petersen) writes: >You should have no trouble with the US-Robotics COURIER 2400 baud >modem. Here's a question on the new 2400 baud modems: Who can you talk to at 2400 baud? Will the modems attached to most mainframes support this speed, or can you only talk to other new 2400 baud modems? Are people counting on 2400 becoming a new standard?