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Hi,

Chris Seto wrote:
> > Is it an USR Courier, or USR Sportster? The Sportster are crapware, but
> > the Couriers are very good. Especially, for the Couriers, there is a new
> > firmware (X.2) which has very good fax/data capabilities (but no voice).
> Unfortunately it is a Sportster v.34

Bad.

> > > or the ability to distinguish fax or data transmissions,
> >
> > How did you determine that?
> 
> Actually I went through the instructions and it made no mention to having
> theability to distinguish the calls. 

Well, basically all class 2[.x] modems *do* have that capability. It's
not worth being mentioned, because it is supposed to be there.

So I'd just try it.

> And then I looked at my friends zoltrix 33.6
> 
> new modem and it did say that it had the ability, unfortunately the zoltrix
> is class 1 fax.

... unlike class 1 modems, which do *NOT* have that capability, except in
rare cases.

> > > so is
> > > this totally useless for me then? if so I'd like to sell it and look
> > > into getting a new modem, only problem with that is it seems it's
> > > difficult to find class 2 modems anymore. Thanks for any suggestions.
> >
> > I'd keep the USR, at least if it's a Courier. If it's a Sportster, you
> > might want to look for a firmware upgrade, maybe that helps.
> 
> I'll check the USR site and see what I can do, thanks, btw if I did 
> purchase a new modem, what wud you suggest? 

Depends on your needs, and whether fax or data or voice is of the highest
importance to you.

gert


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