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- From: uljff3@stenar.arnes.si (Jernej Pecjak)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Zyxel Elite - 2 thumbs down
- Date: 31 Jan 1996 20:39:34 GMT
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- >While some of you claim you love your Elite and are happy with the
- >performance you get, the majority here seems to be less than pleased.
- >I count myself among the latter. I am consistantly getting lower
- >connect rates, wide splits in the async tx/rx rates, and long
- >pauses while the modem thinks about how it is going to annoy me more.
- >This comparison is done against a Supra 288, a Microcom Deskporte,
- >and a cheapy, no frills $129.00 throw away v.34 I have used.
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- >I would have returned it, had I not been in hope of software that
- >would fix things. But it's too late now. I am stuck with an expensive,
- >NOW underpowered, and poorly performing unit that STILL has no Macintosh
- >software as the 1496 has. I Was pretty satisified with the 1496. That
- >and the hype from Zyxel about the powerful 2864 led me to this sad state.
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- >Now, when asked about modems, I say buy anything, ANYTHING but a Zyxel.
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- >P.S. I even tried the new 1.10 flash update. Well, at least the flasher
- >works nice. The modem did not improve.
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- The flasher is nicer, isn't it? Before SQ was blinking and blinking, now first
- SQ is blinking, then V34 and V32 together. That's an improvement, isn't it. I
- am watching it with tears in my eyes every day...
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