Re: Flash Upgrade for PPI 28.8 modem

[epbrown@enteract.com (epbrown)]

On Mon, 14 Oct 1996 15:15:27 -0700, you wrote:

"At 03:01 PM 10/13/96 GMT, epbrown wrote:
">	I've got the Practical Perpipherals ProClass 28.8 EZ-Port, and it's
">supposed to be upgradeable to 33.6 with a Flash-ROM from PPI.  Well, I'm
"        How long have you had it, Evan?
"        If recently acquired, my advice (based on personal experience) is
"see if you can return it as soon as possible and get something made by
"someone else.  My PPI modem(s) (I had many, thanks to warranties) had a
"*lot* of trouble with the EZ-Port--would stay "clicked" in--and this was 3
"different modems.
	I've received similar responses from lots of people, but I've had mine
since January or February.  I had to send it in once when the little prongs
inside the jack broke, but since then no problems whatsoever.  That may be
because I bought another 701 in July, and they threw in a Megahertz 28.8
cellular capable, and I tend to rotate between the two.  The PPI is good
for short fast sessions, since it tends to drop the line more often, and I
use the MHz for sessions when I need reliability since it doesn't drop the
line nearly as much, because the PPI seems faster.  And then I use the
nternal 14.4 when I want to move a download onto my pc card hard drive  as
soon as possible.
	I broke down and called PPI long distance, and their tech said my ROM
may be too old to flash, and that they could give me an upgraded modem for
"nominal cost."  I'll just wait until MHz posts theirs and see how it goes.

	epbrown
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