After using Sportsters at my base POP (in my home) for my first year,
I went with Couriers (MP/8 & MP/16 racks) for my remote POPs, and I
upgraded my base POP also.
I have yet to have one of the Courier racks last more than three weeks
without losing modems. Just a couple hours ago I got back from
retrieving an MP/8 from a small remote POP to serve as a standin for
half an MP/16 while the /16 goes back for repair after losing half its
modems - one of its two banks of 8. When that /16 comes back, the /8
goes to another POP to stand in for another /16 that has lost two
modems - one modem in each of the 8-modem banks. When that /16 comes
back, the /8 itself goes in for repair of one modem that doesn't pass
self-test after a power cycle about half the time.
The Couriers are superb modems when they work, but it's the Sportsters
that I've never had a bit of trouble with.
-- Dick St.Peters, Gatekeeper, Pearly Gateway, Ballston Spa, NY stpeters@NetHeaven.com Owner/operator, NetHeaven 518-885-1295/1-800-910-6671 PPP/SLIP for Albany, Glens Falls, Lake George, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Troy Visit the Internet Conference Calendar http://calendar.com/conferences