Best Data Products A56FW-PCI Mach 2 56K Modem

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Summary: Poor modem
Review: I purchased this modem it was a hunk of junk the tech support was no help . I was not happy with the quality of this modem .

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Summary: this modem is actually a paperweight...
Review: i spent 20 staight hours trying a MULTITUDE of ways to get thismodem to work on my p233mmx system. this is the FIRST piece ofequipment I have failed to install in my 3 yrs of computing!!! the install cd is poor no install program' just a list of drivers...when i did finally get it recognized and installed{diagnostics SAID it was fine)the program that is SUPPOSED to allow you to change com port and irq only APPEARED to change these settings....in actuality they remained set at default from "install cd" DO NOT BUY this paperweight !!!its a poor PW also{too light LOL !}

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Summary: Modem No Good!
Review: I spent 5-10 hrs trying to get this modem to work in my AMD K6-2 450 MHZ to no avail. Even if it is free, I would not buy this again! I am returning this modem right now.

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Summary: WARNING: Cannot be installed on non-MMX systems
Review: I was very excited at this find, but quickly became very disappointed. I was unable to install it with neither the enclosed software, nor a manual Windows install, because it did not detect a required MMX CPU. The price is right, but only if it's useable. The 1-800 Technical support line charges $7.00 / call incident -- as much as the modem costs itself.

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Summary: Modem doesn"t work and Tech support charges you to help.
Review: I'm glad to see I'm not the only one having those same problems with this modem. Thought it might be a WIN98 or hardware problem. I spent a great deal of time trying different drivers for both my sound card and the modem. I typed a long e-mail to tech support telling them my problem in detail and all I had done to try and fix it. All I got was an 800 number to call so they could charge me. After a few more nasty e-mail exchanges I gave up. I'll never buy Best Data again. What a racket! Sell you a defective product and then charge you to try and fix it.

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Summary: Great price, easy to install and use
Review: I've installed about 20 of these for my friends and neighbors.Never had a problem. The price is great for this modem. All the systems were pentium 233 and 300. One of my neighbors ran into a conflict when we were setting up his system and we called the tech support. It cost 7 bucks but in 15 minutes we were up and running. Not bad for a call at midnight on a sunday !

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Summary: V.90 ?????
Review: I've installed this modem on my system, and as long as my internet provider was running at 26k not problem, when they upgraded to 56k v.90 I was not able to be connected for more than 30 sesconds, anyone else I know had not problem at all. This modem is BAD, I am returning it tomorrow !!!!

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Summary: I'm going back to my old modem... 33.6 is better than 0!
Review: I've, unfortunately joined the Best Data crowd. I rarely buy ANYTHING for myself... but I saw this 32 dollar 56K modem... and decided I would upgrade and join the rest of cyber humanity. I've installed everything from the ancient 10 meg hard drives in 8088's... to entire motherboards and 10 GIG hard drives... I ended up reinstalling my 33.6 so I could go online and d/l the drivers for my new Best Data 56k (the cd I got with it was USELESS) and STILL I couldn't get it to work. I worked for several hours... before spending the 15 minutes required to put my 33.6 back in, get it up and running so I could go online and type THIS! It's back to the store to return the 56k!

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Summary: CAN NOT GET IT TO WORK
Review: I,AM HAVING PROBLEMS INSTALLING THIS MODEM. I get no dial tone. And by the other consumers I am not going to waste my time installing it. Thanks everybody out there for telling me the problems you had. I've had the same problems so I went back to my 33.6 modem, and I will return this 56k modem.

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Summary: The Best Data A56FW-PCI is JUNK!
Review: Installed Best Data A56FW-PCI in a 400Mhz Win98 system and the problems began. In a 2 hour period it disconnected 62 times - every 30 seconds, it refused to stay connected. Installed another 56K modem and it stayed connected for the entire session.