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- From: rd39462@ix.netcom.com (rd39462)
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- Subject: Re: USR Sportster Vi DSVD - where is the 33.6k upgrade???
- Date: 26 Feb 1996 04:48:51 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
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- I just purchased a USR Sportster Vi 28.8... When I query the modem using the
- I7 command, the configuration reported is 36.6. You may already have it and
- not know it!
-
- Robb
-
- In article <4gpr4c$i0@firebrick.mindspring.com>, fdrennon@mont.mindspring.com
- says...
- >
- >In message <4gp1mh$g8m@cloner4.netcom.com> - lebrand@ix.netcom.com writes:
- >
- >:>My guess is it's a marketing scam by USR. When the Sportster Vi was
- >released
- >:>the 33.6 upgrade for the regular Sportster had already been out for quite a
- >:>while, I think they're just waiting a few months to release the Vi upgrade
- >so
- >:>they can charge for it and avoid the customer pressure for a free upgrade
- >if
- >:>they had released it in a timely manner. So far USR gets bad marks for
- >their
- >
- >Thanks for the laugh, I needed that. You folks who jump right on the
- >bleeding edge and then whine and complain because you don't get the features
- >at the same time the older models do are a hoot.
- >
- >Floyd Drennon
- >fdrennon@mont.mindspring.com
- >OS/2 & Lan Server Certified Instructor
- >Comp-U-Comm
- >Computer & Communications Consultants
- >
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