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- Path: FreeNet.Carleton.CA!an171
- From: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Subject: Re: Hayes vs USR
- Message-ID: <DM15Gt.CB7@freenet.carleton.ca>
- Sender: an171@freenet2.carleton.ca (Anthony Hill)
- Reply-To: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
- References: <4ebjhe$f72@news2.cts.com> <4ebmq4$n55@suba01.suba.com> <4eiq0c$90m@news1.is.net>
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 05:19:40 GMT
-
-
- Ricky Lacy (rlacy@hayes.com) writes:
- > In article <4ebmq4$n55@suba01.suba.com>, haijin@qni.com says...
- >
- >>Two independent testing organizations tested a handful of similairly
- >>priced modems - including the Sportster and the Hays Accura -
- >>you can read the results on USR's webpage....
- >>Accura was one of the worse.....
- >>
- >
- > "Independent testing organizations" can be two guys in a truck. Ask yourself
- > who paid their bill since it's being used in advertisements.
-
- FWIW, the two tests were conducted by real testing firms. They
- weren't exactly the most complete tests I've ever seen, but what results
- they did have seemed quite accurate (and other non-USR related tests
- agreed with those results), and they were certainly a LOT better then many
- of the other tests I've seen recently (like that recent C-Net test in
- which the Hayes Business modem placed quite highly).
-
- > More well known labs such as NSTL have consistently ranked Hayes very high, in
- > fact the OPTIMA has won a couple of awards from them over the past year or so.
-
- I have yet to see a decent test in which Hayes Optima v.34s have
- been even good performers, let alone top performers. But then again, I've
- only seen two decent tests of v.34 modems (PC Mag's March test and
- Computer Shopper's May test). All other tests varied from poor to worse.
-
- Anthony
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- Anthony Hill | an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
-