Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!unhd!rg From: rg@uunet!unhd (Roger Gonzalez ) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Bloody Infotel piece of camel dung (you get what you pay for) Message-ID: <1989Oct2.212806.27454@uunet!unhd> Date: 2 Oct 89 21:28:06 GMT Sender: unhd!rg@cs.utexas.edu Reply-To: rg@unhd.UUCP (Roger Gonzalez ) Distribution: comp Organization: Computing Information Services, UNH, Durham, NH Lines: 20 I recently purchased an Infotel 2400XP modem from Midwest Micro. It seemed to work OK, except that it didn't return result codes. Well, actually, the wierd thing was that it *did* return one from ATZ. But nothing else. Even after making sure that it was in noisy mode, I tried ATS0?. Nothing. ATI. Nothing. ATZ. 'OK'. Wierd. I called MM. and told them about it. (Actually, I called them over and over for about 3 days.. either they have only 1 line, or an awful lot of broken products.) They thought it was wierd too, and told me to send it in. After sending it in, and getting a new one (the invoice said "BAD UART CHIP... REPLACE... SHIP TO CUSTOMER NO CHARGE") I tried it and it did the *SAME* thing! I'm going to call them tomorrow, but I spent $12.50 to send the stupid thing, and they didn't do jack shit! I don't want to spend more money, if in actuality the MANUFACTURER lied about the modems features. Has anyone used one of these? Are they really lousy? I suppose I could ask for an exchange with a different (same price) brand like the Zoom MX2400 or the Smart One 2400. Any suggestions? -Roger