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- From: swiss@niu.edu (Yves R. Mueller)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Decision time: USR Sportster vs Motorola Power vs Supra .....
- Date: 26 Feb 1996 07:55:00 GMT
- Organization: Northern Illinois University
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- In article <4gr2fi$noq@nw002.infi.net>, sbmoore@infi.net says...
- >
- >Yup...it's buying time and I still can't decide on a winner 28.8 modem.
- What
- >makes it worse is I've been doing my homework on this and I STILL can't
- >decide!! Here's how I see it...what do you think?
- >
- >(1) USR Sportster V.34: All the magazine tests claim this is the best
- >modem in the sub $250 class. They love the speed and the reliability of
- >it, plus flash ROM...but I don't get that feeling here in the newsgroup.
- I
- >hear alot of gripes about lousy tech support and finiky USR modems. Am I
- >wrong? This is still what I'm leaning towards because alot of ISP's
- seem
- >to use USR products and this might (should?) be a plus for good
- connections.
- >Just want to stay away from that darn Rockwell chipset!!
-
-
- Well, I just bought a Sportster V.34 int. and I'm more than happy. Its
- PnP support for Win95 made installation a piece of cake. It's true that
- tech. support sucks (let's all write to support@usr.com and complain!) but
- the modem is technically sound it seems. And if you can buy it for
- $153... what's there to complain...! :)
-
-
- >(3) Supra Faxmodem 288: At first I thought the Supra was just another
- >mid-class Rockwell based faxmodem but everyone seems to just LOVE 'em!
- >Flash ROM, great tech support and a low price! I dunno... I thought you
- >only got what you paid for but the Supra seems like a hell of a deal?
-
- Heard fairly little about the Supra, but mostly good things. It's also
- PnP but not 33.6kbps! I had the choice between the Supra and Sportster
- and I went with the later because I just thought that the USR would be the
- better quality one (brand preference I guess...)
-
- Hope this helps!
- Yves
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-