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- From: Yves.Mathieu@ping.be (Yves Mathieu)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: DSVD possible on Zyxel 2864?
- Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 19:23:49 GMT
- Organization: PING Belgium
- Message-ID: <4ha7fs$3e4@ping1.ping.be>
- References: <vwag2hd634.fsf@jord.jpl.nasa.gov> <4gbna5$b5v@iq1.nyiq.net>
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- kai@iq1.nyiq.net (Kai) wrote:
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-
- >given that they haven't fixed their current crap load of problems,yet,
- >don't hold your breath. No upgrade since months (they used to churn out
- >hard EPROM upgrades for the older models in a monthly cycle, now that
- >upgrade is easy with FlashRom: NOTHING LIKE DAT ?): 1.09 just made things
- >a lot *WORSE* (connect rate to USR Couriers dropped to 60%), still
- >nothing better than 26k/24k and 26k/26k connects, plus announced
- >decline of a 33.3k upgrade (cause the DSPs are obviously out of horsepower).
- >Every crappy Sporster is running circles in performance around the Zyxel.
-
- They *do* release new firmwares every month, and if you tried V1.11,
- you could see that they have made a *huge* progress.
- No I have consistent (sustained for hours) 28.8K connections where I
- only got 24-26k before V1.11.
- Obviously, the crap is not ZyXEL, but the web site of their U.S.
- subsidiary which is updated every 6 month or so.
- Download your firmware directly from Taiwan at:
- FTP://ftp.csie.nctu.edu.tw:/ZyXEL/
-
- As far as 33.3K is concerned, it is just a joke !
- On what phone line do you believe you'll get a 33.3k connection and if
- you do, how many seconds will it last before falling back or even
- dropping the line ? Just try an USR and you'll see what I mean...
-
- Besides, ZyXEL doesn't want to go into this short-lived 33.3k trend
- because their new range of modems are in fact designed as ISDN modems
- with V34 support as an accessory bonus. ISDN is the way to go when
- performance is what you expect. In Europe, there is ISDN capability
- everywhere and everyone needing performance is using it, so in that
- sense, V34 is a dying technology and ZyXEL is running circles in
- performance around the other modem manufacturers.
-
-
- >R.I.P. Zyxel,
- >we will remember you for being great when V.32b was king.
-
- Long live ZyXEL, king of the analog to digital pathway technology !
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- ____________________
-
- Yves MATHIEU
- Keerbergen - Belgium
- Yves.Mathieu@ping.be
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