Yes - dynalink have a Rural modem, which has about $40-$50 price premium
over a standard 56K external.

I don't actually know whats special about them though!

On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 10:40, Yuri de Groot wrote:
> I've never heard of this before, but a customer mentioned it to me:
> Country Modems - a special kind of modem for poor quality rural phone lines.

> I'm taking this with a pinch of salt, but somebody told this person that she
> can buy a special modem for around $200 that provides a better connection for
> rural lines.

> As I was talking to the customer, I heard a constant buzz on the line and a
> clicking noise, that the customer said was from the electric fence.

> My guess is that someone was trying to sell this lady an external modem, which
> I suppose it better than an internal modem, but still no magic bullet for crap
> telecom lines.


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