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- From: dhaire@gate.net (doug haire)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Beware of USRSDL.EXE on USR's FTP site!--Is USR on crack?
- Date: 2 Mar 1996 07:50:02 -0500
- Organization: CyberGate, Inc.
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- Tom Snyder (tommy@superlink.net) wrote:
- : dhaire@gate.net (doug haire) wrote:
- :
- : >The BBS says (just like the Web page) to call 1-800-550-7800 to get the
- : >code. They will email it to you or upload it to you (if you have a
- : >separate data line, this is best) or mail a diskette with the code.
- : >
- : >This has already been said in here more than once. I love my Couriers too
- : >but people that bitch about USR are starting to annoy me.
- :
- : Be prepared to be annoyed again because I am annoyed and I feel like
- : bitching about USR.
-
- Well, this one was a fair bitch...
-
- : I called their 1-800-550-7800 number and asked for the new flash code.
- : The woman I talked to was very polite but told me that only a tech can
- : give me the code. She said that there was a long wait for me to speak to
- : one and so she took my name and number and assured me that someone would
- : call me within 2 hours. That was yesterday afternoon. I called them back
- : 20 hours later and got a busy signal. I called them back 2 hours later
- : and got a busy signal. I again called back 2 hours later and finally got
- : a customer rep. I gave my reference number and they said they would
- : transfer me to a tech. I sat on hold for 20 minutes listening to an
- : orchestra play almost the entire score to the musical South Pacific.
- : Finally I got a tech. Who promptly said that he could NOT send the file
- : to an email address as you said that they could but I had a choice of
- : them calling me and delivering the code to me or getting a disk. I
- : immediately envisioned a bad transfer and having to go through calling
- : them again and all the waiting and I said, "Send me a disk". Who knows
- : when that will ever get here.
-
- What's the matter, didn't you like the music? [g] Yes, I had to sit
- through a 20 minute wait also. After the wait, the guy said he would
- email it. It didn't arrive. I called back the next day (2/27) and waited
- 10 minutes on hold for the tech. I asked what happened to my emailed code
- and he said the first tech didn't leave my email address in the database.
- He then asked if I wanted it resent (or wait for email again), sent by
- mail (a disk) or a straight modem transfer. I chose the transfer. 1
- minute later, I had the code. I should have done that the first day.
-
- : This is just a plain stupid way to make available a new flash code. If
- : I wanted a hassle in getting an upgrade I would have bought a Sportster
- : instead of a Courier. Having a Flash Rom was supposed to make upgrading
- : easy.
-
- I agree it would be simpler if they posted the code on their BBS. Their
- explanation of why is pretty lame.
-
- And a note to those with daughterboard models:
-
- Don't assume you cannot run the new code. You can. You just won't be able
- to get the CID info if you have that feature on your phone line. I am
- unsure about the distinctive ring features as I don't use those.
-
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