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Re: ethernet/modem combo, thanks and summary



> >         Do you know if they have a model with X-Jack-like capability?  I'm still
> > not fond of the dongle-thingy idea for the phone cord...
> 
> It uses a dongle.  I don't like the XJacks -- I was always fearful it
> would break.  Different strokes . . .

In defense of the dongle camp:
I have had three Xjacks and two had problems.  I had a Hayes Xjack and
it would no longer stay in.  I returned it for another that worked fine
till I sold it.  Then I beta tested a MHz 33.6 Xjack model that got the
head of a phone cord stuck in it.  After trying to get it out normally,
I had to really yank on it which bent the pins.  MHz recognized it was a
problem and replaced it.  In their defense they said newer models had a
solution for the problem.

Another nit about the Xjacks:
Because of the orientation of the cable it interferes with some other
PCMCIA cards I use.  I like to use two cards at one time.

Like I said "different strokes for different folks."  I have no interest
in igniting something akin to the OS wars, I just don't prefer the
Xjacks.  After getting my MHz model after the Beta test for free, I sold
it and bought a dongle version.