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Summary: Ya Get What Ya Pay For
Review: Best Data's motto should be "Buyer Beware". I'm nomoron when it comes to hardware installation (I built my currentsystem from the ground up), but I couldn't get this working after 5 hours of trying. No dial tone no matter what I do. The "documentation" is laughable and I refuse to pay for tech support that shouldn't be needed in the first place. If you are considering this modem, do yourself a favor and flush the money down the toilet; you'll get the same results with less aggravation.
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Summary: This modem can't be installed
Review: DO NOT GET THIS MODEM!Don't waste your time getting this modem, it sucks. I have a PII 233 win 98 system and I first installed it with the drivers it came with. The modem wouldn't dial every number. Thinking maybe they are the wrong drivers I downloaded the exact ones off the manufacturer's site. When I installed these the modem did nothing. I e-mailed their tech support and they just e-mailed me back telling me to call the 800 number tech support. Obviously they want to charge me $7 for using their tech support before they tell me it's broken and I have to send it back. So then I found out how to get an RMA number from their website so I could send it back (if I sent it back to amazon I would have to pay for shipping). The only way to get the RMA number is to call an 818 area code number which is long distance for me. And of course there is no one there to give me one, so I left a message and my phone number for them to get back to me. They still haven't gotten back to me so I may end up having sending it back to amazon. DO NOT GET THIS MODEM!
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Summary: Modem Must Be Deaf
Review: I agree with most of the reviews, this modem just isn't even worth the $9.99 I paid. I haven't had any problems installing the modem, but it doesn't seem to make a connection in less than 5 attempts. Then the fastest it connects ever is at 28800, but usually it is at 21600. I downloaded the new drivers from the manufactuers web site and cannot get them to load no matter what I try. I'm going to get a decent modem as soon as I save some dough. Don't waste your time or money on this dog, it should be put to sleep! If there was an option for no stars I would rate it that way.
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Summary: Modem Must Be Deaf
Review: I agree with most of the reviews, this modem just isn't even worth the $9.99 I paid. I haven't had any problems installing the modem, but it doesn't seem to make a connection in less than 5 attempts. Then the fastest it connects ever is at 28800, but usually it is at 21600. I downloaded the new drivers from the manufactuers web site and cannot get them to load no matter what I try. I'm going to get a decent modem as soon as I save some dough. Don't waste your time or money on this dog, it should be put to sleep! If there was an option for no stars I would rate it that way.
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Summary: Do not by this modem please
Review: I bought a Best Data mach II 56k Sent it back three time for all new ones. all gave crazy speaker sounds would not connect. do not buy this modem please you will be very sorry. . .
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Summary: finely loaded but speaker will not turn off
Review: I bought this item from OfficeMax last week for the same price. I had no problem loading this item to my win98 system. However, when I got it turned on I could not find any way to shut off the speaker. It runs continually even after the number is connected. I finely taped over the speaker but with this fix I can not hear the dial tone or initial dialup. And I still hear a faint white noise(continual static) in the background whenever I am connected to the net. I will be reinstalling my Eigercom 56K and returning this item.
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Summary: Working pretty good
Review: I bought this modem and actually got it to install on the first try! I noticed a problem with the speaker staying on, however, when I called Best Data tech support they pointed me to an alternate best data web page that did not belong to the company that had newer drivers that fixed the problem! Now it is working great!
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Summary: This modem is worth what you pay for it!!!!
Review: I bought this modem to go in a computer that I was built for a friend. I got the modem installed with a little bit of trouble but no problem I have had to deal with these problems before. Once I got it install I could only stay connected to the Internet for about two minutes before it disconnected itself. I call my ISP and it turns out the Rockwell chip is old and you have to flash it to get it to work. Needless to say unless you want to give the merchant a no interest loan don't buy this modem.
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Summary: Worst Data Products
Review: I bought two of these (24.95 with a 20.00 rebate) You get what you pay for! Each modem was totally different. 1 worked fine. The other caused the PC to lose video and not boot up all the way up. The software and instructions were different for each modem. I exchanged the bad modem and got a third different modem. This one needs an MMX processor to work (not advertised on the box as a reqrmt) No way to call anyone to complain and web site has no support either!
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Summary: Best Data A56FW-PCI modem
Review: I didn't buy this modem through Amazon. I got it at a Yahoo auction for 9.99 including shipping. I installed it with no problems with the drivers cd. It seems to be working fine. I have not expieranced any of the problems described by others. I have had few modem installs go this smoothly.
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