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- From: g5john@cdf.toronto.edu (John Orcheson)
- Subject: Re: Sportster si ???
- Message-ID: <g5john.824628973@cdf.toronto.edu>
- Organization: University of Toronto Computing Disciplines Facility
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- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 07:36:13 GMT
-
- Chad Payne <chad@split.com> writes:
-
- >> >A Sporster SI is an RPI based modem. RPI based modems do not have built
- >> >in error correction and are essentially junk. They are bought up by
- >> >neofites who don't know any better, and simply buy them because they are
- >> >cheap. I plead and beg with everyone, DON'T BUY RPI MODEMS. Because people
- >> >are buying them the manufacturers keep making more. The more they make the
- >> >more headaches the whole industry has. It is a big mess. Vote with your
- >> >$$ and buy real modems.
-
- Ok, go ahead and pay for hardware which can be cheaply simulated in
- software.
-
- >>
- >> >Enuf Said?
- >>
- >> I feel that you are completely misinformed about what an RPI modem is.
-
- >I am hardly misinformed. I am the Operations Director of a major
- >communications company. I deal with people on a daily basis who have
- >been suckered into buying RPI modems based simply on price.
-
- How can someone be "suckered" into buying an RPI modem? If they can read
- they'll know the system requirements for the use of an RPI modem, e.g.
- USR Sportster Si requires Windows 3.1 or 3.11, it says so right on the box.
-
- >> An RPI modem includes a chipset which, in conjunction with special software
- >> drivers, simulates the same error control and data compression of the latest
- >> modems which do error control and compression in their hardware. Therefore
- >> if you use the software package that comes with the RPI modem there will
- >> be no noticable performance difference between an RPI modem and a regular
- >> modem. The only difference is that you have a lot more money in your
- >> bank account because of the very low cost of RPI modems.
-
- >We work with hundreds of customers every week who have bought RPI based
- >modems. These modems are nothing but nightmares. I would say that 70%
- >of our support calls are because of RPI modems. Even with the proper
- >drivers loaded these modems are slower, less reliable, and cause irratic
- >problems. Plus, they do not work with DOS based communication packages.
-
- BS! They do so work with DOS based applications. I have been using my
- Sportster Si with Qmodem for DOS.
-
- >As for the price, well for about $20 more than you paid for your modem
- >you could have a real one. I'm happy that yours works fine for you, but
- >for far too many people, this is not the case.
-
- Well in my case it would be $60 more plus GST (Goods and Services Tax).
- Why should I pay about $70 more for a modem that accomplishes nothing more
- than an RPI modem.
-
- I can appreciate the fact that you have to deal with people who don't
- know anything about modems. However, slamming RPI modems in general
- because of these people is not justifiable.
-
- I still stand by RPI modems as an inexpensive alternative to modems which
- implement error correction and compression in their hardware.
-
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