Recommendations?

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Hi,

drno@tsd.edu wrote:
> I am going to delge head first into the whole mgetty voice package soon,
> and I am planning on buying a modem specifically for this task. I was
> wondering, while looking through the faq, it seemed as if the 3com
> sportster/courier series were the 'best supported' ... 

3com/USR Sportsters are NOT recommended AT ALL.  Their fax part is very
unreliable -- there are some models and series that work well, but most
of them are horrible.

3com/USR Couriers are perfect, but do not have voice.

(BTW: I think it's a shame to call those wonderful modems "3com couriers".
What does 3com know about modems? "US Robotics" is a name with a long
tradition in building great modems, and it's a real shame that 3com 
decided to drop that name after buying USR).

> but I was wondering
> if anyone on the list could recommend a specific model/brand that works
> best with the mgetty package. I am looking for the functionality :
> 
> 1. Ability to recieve faxes
> 2. Ability to easily distinguish between voice/data calls
> 3. Ability to process/display caller ID information

If you don't need voice capabilities, I'd recommend an USR Courier.  If
you need voice (answering machine, etc.), I don't really know what to
recommend.  Maybe an ELSA, but I do not know about CallerID.

If you can get an used ZyXEL 1496, that would be a very good choice.  Data
mode is slow, but voice/fax/CallerID is just perfect.

gert

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