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- From: curt@portal.ca (Curt Sampson)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR V.34 33.6 Modem Failures
- Date: 14 Jan 1996 11:54:59 -0800
- Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc.
- Message-ID: <4dbn2k$p1t@cynic.portal.ca>
- References: <4d7k65$91h@cynic.portal.ca> <30f7d023.4564283@news.insync.net>
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- In article <30f7d023.4564283@news.insync.net>,
- Bill Garfield <bubba@insync.net> wrote:
-
- >One might think to ask **WHY** you're using consumer grade Sportsters on
- >a commercial central site host system????????????
-
- Gee, Bill. Thanks for replying to my simple request for information with
- a flame containing no useful information whatsoever. It's folks like you
- that really make the usenet so useful.
-
- >Why do you suppose USR makes (and sells tons of) their high-end Couriers
- >and rack systems if the Sportster is (its/their) equal?
- >
- >I'm not trying to imply that the Sportster is a piece of shit. Quite the
- >contrary. FOR THE MONEY, the Sportster is one of the best CONSUMER
- >GRADE modems available. However, if performance is more important than
- >cost, there are several better modems from which to choose. But you have
- >to decide what level of performance you want to provide and how much
- >you're willing to spend to achieve that milestone.
-
- Well, you've answered your question right there, if only you knew
- it. I run a business, and, as in any business, performance is not
- always more important than cost. In fact, I've done a business
- analysis of this particular case, and the Sportsters happen to meet
- my performance and cost parameters better than the Couriers do.
-
- Perhaps this is news to you, but I, like many small businesses,
- have a lot of demands on my pocketbook, and I just can't justify
- spending what it would cost me to use Couriers instead of Sportsters.
- Do you have $12,000 to spare right now? If you do, perhaps you'd
- like to help me upgrade.
-
- >You don't pull a freight train with a motor from a washing machine.
-
- No, you don't. But do you honestly think that that's a reasonable
- parallel to Sportsters vs. Couriers?
-
- cjs
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