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- From: direwolf@uiuc.edu (Mike Berger)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.bbs.tbbs
- Subject: Re: RACK MOUNT for USR SPORTSTERS
- Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 12:32:46 -0600
- Organization: Network Information Center
- Message-ID: <direwolf-0602961232460001@genista.life.uiuc.edu>
- References: <4erdd4$okb@ddi2.digital.net> <31120f60.52890298@news.insync.net> <ph-0302960908240001@ppc100.his.com> <4f0qi3$ir1@news.enterprise.net>
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- In article <4f0qi3$ir1@news.enterprise.net>, paul.blitz@enterprise.net wrote:
-
- > ph@his.com (Paul Heller) wrote:
- >
- > >We went with stand-alone modems (a mixture of Supras (OK 'til it rains),
- > >Hayes Optimas and Couriers) when we started our ISP operation, because I
- > >wanted to get as many lines on the air as we could, as fast as we could.
- > >Now that we've got a few hundred lines running & have cash flowing in,
- > >we're replacing the stand-alones with rack-mount modems, but there's no
- > >way we could have gotten off to as fast a start as we did if we'd gone for
- > >rack-mounts in the first place, because they're so expensive. I can
- > >definitely identify with the guys using a ton of stand-alone modems ;-)
- >
- > How did you find the cheap units from an "I'm your customer and I can
- > / can't connect to you" point of view??
- >
- > From MY experience (we sell loads of modems... some to ISPs) the cheap
- > ones are NOT so good at connecting to "every other modem under the
- > sun"...
- >
- >----
-
- Mine too. As a new ISP we got the best modems we could (The UDS V.3400)
- because we wanted to build up a base of satisfied customers. Some of
- our competitors, who, like Paul, wanted to build their user base
- before worrying about quality of service, are losing business to us.
-