My own hopes were that I could switch from PC to PC without dropping the dialup and having to redial from the next PC I'd chosen to use. At the time, the Best Data device either didn't exist, or was then the same as today, "Not in Stock". I spent way too much on Netgear's Router with built-in Modem (upward of $200), and it simply didn't work well enough. First, it was far too anxious to make a connection of any kind at all, instead of redialing when the best it could get was 28.8 or worse.
Second, Netgear included no way in which to monitor the connection speed, and Windows itself didn't understand the connection well enough to offer any check on the slow connect speeds that might as well be a disconnect, considering the high graphical content of the modern internet.
Third, it has badly designed, very slow software that makes it awkward, slow, and too difficult to disconnect the slow connection and redial.
So, it's just functioning as a hub now!
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