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- Path: news.delphi.com!drudings
- From: drudings@delphi.com (Susan Druding)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Disgusted = Sportster 28,8 PCMCIA
- Date: 1 Feb 1996 18:54:04 GMT
- Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation
- Message-ID: <9602011356591.The_Win-D.drudings@delphi.com>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1b.delphi.com
- X-To: Susan Druding <drudings@delphi.com>
-
- I am trying to send the following email to US Robotics, I doubt it will
- get through since all I have ever gotten was "auto response" email. I'm
- going to print out a copy and snail mail it. I refuse to invest more $ in
- waiting hours on hold.
-
- I've never been as unhappy about a computer product in the last 5 years!
-
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-
- US Robotics Customer Service:
-
- I am a very angry customer who is totally unable to reach you after more
- than a half hour on hold I was told that it would be another 20-25
- minutes! (I am in Calif)
-
- I have a Sportster 28,8 PC-card which disconnects frequently, I have tried
- EVERYTHING- your Fax on Demand, your tech support on CIS, your email - I
- doubt this will get through to anyone, but I'm trying.
-
- I have wasted DAYS on this damn thing!
-
- I've tried all the init changes, various Comm Ports and IRQ's. I bought
- it as a Special Offer for testers of the new Beta MCI/Newscorp online
- service. (I'm a sysop on Delphi and will be one on the new service when
- it launches) I have had it for 4 months and finally took it out of my
- laptop 2 weeks ago and went back to my old 14,4 which works fine.
-
- Before calling my phone company to come and check my lines I decided to
- try another brand of modem "just in case". I've seen comments about
- problems online in various places with the Sportster PC 28,8 card (it gets
- VERY hot and I have a laptop which isn't sealed.
-
- I bought a New Media "NetSurfer for $100 LESS than I paid for the
- Sportster PCMCIA. After two days of use and over 12 hours with it I have
- not had even one single disconnect!
-
- CDW won't take it back since I'm over 30 days. I don't want to get a
- replacement - I don't ever want to see it again!
-
- What are my options? I paid $340 for it. I have wasted days of effort on
- getting the damn thing to work. I've spend time on line getting dropped
- off line as often as every 90 seconds. I don't think I ever had a full
- hour on line with it. I have lost more downloads from the Web than I can
- count. (Whereas last night on the "cheap" PCMCIA "NetSurfer" I downloaded
- one file of 1.8 MB and another of 2.7 MB without a hitch).
-
- Susan Druding
- drudings@delphi.com
- moma@netcom.com
-
- Sysop - Delphi
-