modem pool for outbound faxes

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"Robert J. Brown" wrote:
: I am asking for advice, past experience of others on this list, etc.
: 
: I am currently planning to use:
: 
:   1.  Comtrol Rocket Port ISA Octa/DB25 to handle the 8 serial ports.
[...] 
: The Comtrol board is $499.00 US, the USR Courriers are $264.95 US
: each, and the Zyxel is $277.95.  I was wondering if anyone had any
: suggestions to reduce the cost of the hardware *WITHOUT* sacrificing
: reliability.  I cannot afford to have to constantly babysit the fax
: modems!  
:
	I have two Cyclades Cyclom 8Yo cards to serve 5 data modems,
5 voice modems and some serial consoles. The Cyclom 8Yo costs
~11500 Czech Crowns here, it means cca US$ 340. Look at www.cyclades.com
for pricing in the U.S. I am absolutely satisfied with the Cyclades
multiport cards.

	As for modems, I use USR Couriers for data/fax and Sportsters for
voice. I think I have read quite bad reports on Sportster fax reliability.

-Yenya

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