ADSL Modems...

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 06:36:00PM -0400, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> I've had good experiences buying the Thomson Speedtouch ST516 from Acme
> Telephone.  A venerable old model; all the ones I've installed are still
> running strong, some after 5 years of continuous uptime (requiring only
> the occasional reboot when the ISP has done something funky).
> 
> http://www.speedtouch.ca/typesearch.php
> 
> Acme Telephone is an authorized Thomson dealer, mail-order only, and
> offers next-day delivery.  Looks like the price of the ST516 has come
> down, too (now $39.99)
> 
> http://acmetelephone.ca/

And yet I found many reports of how awful the alcatel/thomsom/whoever
owns it now speedtouch modems were.

Although not as awful as GVC which tended to overheat and lockup
apparently. :)

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Len Sorensen
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