Gary wrote,

>
>>Okay, the local HP engineer has just confirmed what Gary said:
>>It is their (the HP engineer) responsibility to bring a modem
>>(2400 baud, whoop-te-do!) to the site and install it.  Thanks
>>for the reply, Gary.
>
>And I doubt if they will supply anything faster.  I think that they mostly
>want if for Predictive to dial out and send a few records.  If they need to
>dial in, they usually dial in to MY 9600 baud modems.
>
>Gary
>

On the contrary, I always prefer to use the HP modem. Although a little
slow, it is a known quantity and the handshaking always works properly.
Most people just hook their own modems up to whatever phone line
happens to be available and the higher the speed the worse the noise.
It may work fine when you are connecting to it locally but it doesn't
work so well when called long-distance. The phone line should be
dedicated for the modem and should be an equalized line to eliminate
noise.

Besides, I can't read faster than 2400 baud anyway.

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