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- From: joewald@crl.com (Joseph Waldvogel)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: are USR Couriers really a superior modem?
- Date: 9 Mar 1996 02:14:33 GMT
- Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access
- Message-ID: <2002.6641T1052T2594@crl.com>
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- >i am wondering if the USR Courier is really worth the money.. is it
- >significantly better than my Sporster v.34? or is it hype? the fact that it
- > has a flash rom seems attractive.. is there a good future for flash rom
- >updates? any info anyone can provide would be appreciated. please respond
- >email. thank you.
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- DOn't know what YOU think about FlashROM's, But when USR has a FlashROM in
- there Courier Modems, Like the one I have, I've Updated it with New Code like
- 4-5 times now! Going from getting things I didn't have before like V.34, then
- V.34+, With Other Improvments with LAPM, etc, to the Latest Distintive Ring
- and CallerID Support!!! All FREE. Update my own Modem quite EASY in no time
- flat, as soon as I grab a copy of the Latest code from somplace.
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- There's also other things like 800 Number support, More Features. Your NOT
- getting ripped off. I bought my Modem with it was only a 16.8K HST 14.4k
- V.32bis modem, as the sysop price with Tax and Shipping around $550. Plus 2
- Daughterboards, the second one having the FlashRam, which is around another
- $300 for those 2 boards. That's $750 for my Modem which you can buy for a
- WHOLE LOT CHEAPER that does the same thing mine does now. People think the
- Price of a new one now is HIGH, Hell I think it's CHEAP!
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- Best of all, USR Couriers are Upgradable, and when that's no longer Posible,
- you can Trade them in for a NEW Modem. You can't do that with a Sportster.
- I know all about USR's Crappy Service. Slow to Answer your Phone Call. Slow
- to Fix a Modem, Slow to get Upgrade Chips/Daughtercards sent to ya. With
- Couriers, at least phone calls are FREE, There's NO Waiting months to Upgrade
- your modem as you can do it whenever you download the latest code. Hell they
- LOOK a whole lot better then them Sportsters do!
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- FlashROM's are Great in Modem's that also updates the DSP also! Which USR's
- Modem's DO, Unlike other FlashROM Modems out there like Supra's where you can
- only get Bug Fixes, not UPGRADEING the modem also!
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