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- From: pho@photon.bli.uci.edu (Peter Ho)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Sporster 33.6K's - The new ones have *totally* different hardware!
- Date: 2 Feb 1996 19:27:57 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Irvine
- Message-ID: <4etojt$lhd@news.service.uci.edu>
- References: <4ej7fq$eh7@news.isc.rit.edu> <4ekmcl$nms@ruby.interactive.net> <DM0GK7.D7u@lazrus.cca.rockwell.com> <4es2cl$l2h@news.cais.com>
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- In article <4es2cl$l2h@news.cais.com>,
- Christopher L. Estep <hopalog@eskimo.com> wrote:
-
- >$149? For a SPORTSTER 33.6? Even for Computer City, this would be
- >unbelievable (WHOLESALE prices from Ingram Micro are higher than that!). You
- >sure that wasn't the old Sportster Si (no longer manufactured and not
- >recommended by anyone for anything) at that price? Heck, internal ZOOMS
- >(which have a new Windows 95 .INF file available at http://www.zoomtel.com)
- >cost more than that! Only Cardinal V.34 Flash ROM internals are around that
- >price point for name-brand internals ($145 at Egghead). If that price is
- >"for-real", then even V.34 isn't a realistic option anymore.........
-
- Yes, it's true. It seems like a lot of the stores in Southern California
- are having a firesale on the Sportster 33.6k. I was at Computer City and
- Good Guys the other day and saw it with my very own eyes for $149.95.
- Actually, it's possible to get it as low as ~$125 from Office Depot
- (taking advantage of their pricing policy), but even for that price I
- woudn't touch the thing until they fix the performance problem, connect
- problem and a few other minor problems. As for the Cardinal, I buy the
- MVP288I model from NECX (http://www.necx.com). I ordered four on Wed.
- They cost me about $131 each complete, including shipping and no tax. I
- got it the following day.
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