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the megahertz variety does support cellular phones from certain manufacturers (forget which), so you may want to take that into consideration. i have a megahertz, and i know a couple of others on the list do, and i have not heard of any complaints except that they seem to connect a lot at 26400 instead of 28800. mine seems to do that. doug On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, King, Randall wrote: > > We use several different versions of Megahertz modems here in my department > in our Thinkpads. We have the XJ1144, XJ2144, and the XJ2288. We have > never had a problem with the 28.8 modems. I use mine to connect up > regularly to my ISP and can consistantly hit at 28.8K. As for other > countries, one of the people in our department has used his XJ2288 and > XJ1144 in Germany, Holland, England, France, and (most exotic of all) > Canada. With the exception of poor line quality in some places, he has > never had a problem. > > As a bit of a side note, USR bought Megahertz a few months ago, and USR > PCMCIA modems with either be going away, or they will slap a USR label on a > Megahertz modem. I have talked to a few of the sales managers and they > haven't said what the decision will be. Megahertz will still be Megahertz, > USR bought them for there technology, not just their name. > > RK > ---------- > From: owner-thinkpad > To: tp750 > Subject: 28.8kbps PCMCIA fax/modem cards > Date: Thursday, March 07, 1996 10:24AM > > Much as I love MWAVE (especially after all FaxWorks started working again), > I really need a portable modem that works under Linux. In scanning the > catalogues, I've noticed at least four contenders for 28.8kbps PCMCIA > fax/modem card championship: > > Megahertz X-Jack > USR Sportster > TDK Global Class > New Media NetSurfer > > All are in the same ball park pricewise (around $US250 give or take). > The TDK card claims the ability to compensate for different phone > standards in different countries. I've never found the MWAVE modem to > have any trouble with this as long as you disable dialtone detection. > If my USR Sportster external is any indication, I'd prefer staying away > from that unit, but if others have good experiences with the PC card, > I'll give it some thought. > > I'd send to comp.dcom.modems but the SNR there is very low. I'd appreciate > e-mail from you if you have good or bad things to say about these cards. If > there's a repository for this information already, please let me know and > apologies in advance for cluttering your mailbox. > > I'd be happy to summarise responses, but I think it's probably most > suitable just to send me e-mail for now. > > Regards, > Eugene Fiume. > >