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| 103669 | 2002-12-06 04:42:00 | Has anyone had any real time experiences with the new Dynalink rural modems? The one that is around $400, they are meant to be able to re-train up as well as down. Client wants to buy one but I'm debatable as to they are worth shelling out near $400 for. | Dak2 (1963) | ||
| 103670 | 2002-12-06 06:44:00 | $400!? ?:| I paid about $200 for mine and gave it to a freind of mine who lives in Punekikei. They make a difference. Mine made a difference with dodgy old telecon phone lines between Phillipstown and central CHCH exchange. My freind went from being able to connect at 9.6Kbits/sec on some very dodgy telecom wiring to getting a connection speed of 16Kbits. She was rather extatic about this. Allthough most of us would crindge at the very concept of a 16Kbit connection, for her this was a HUGE improvement. Apartently telecom have laid some real cable (no cutting costs by using wire on farmers fence) and she can now get over 20Kbits/sec I really dont know where the $400 price tag suddunly came from though. These modems are real modems, so they wont need 'doze or drivers or anything silly like that to run .Clueless |
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| 103671 | 2002-12-06 07:46:00 | The $400 ones are "type 2" recently released. As Clueless said, the older ones had a good reputation, wonder how many are out there yet of the new ones? | godfather (25) | ||
| 103672 | 2002-12-09 03:07:00 | Yes I have one of the u90e modems (Rural 2). I live out of town and have had shocking connection speeds. Under the advise of a friend I then bought one of these modems and let me tell you they are powerful little machines. I now connect at around 52 and am very very happy with the results. I was skeptical myself with the cost but it has been well worth it and i've had no problems at all. I talked to the guys on the helpdesk and they gave me some great info on it such as the fact that it has a feature which tones out the interferance from electric fences and so on which is great for us rural users. |
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