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- From: lebrand@ix.netcom.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Sportster Vi 28,800 modem - any good ?
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 96 07:53:31 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
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- >>Does anyone have any good or bad experiences with the US Robotics
- >>Sportster Vi 28,800 modem ?.
-
- Watch Out!!!!!!
- If you purchase one, make sure it says 33.6 on it. For three months during
- November, December and January they sold a Sportster Vi 28.8 that they
- currently WILL NOT UPGRADE, these models are still being retailed. If you
- purchase(d) one of these you are currently out of luck "as it has a different
- architecture" than the new Vi's. If you have one of these call and e-mail USR
- to convince them that a 33.6 upgrade is in order. As far as the company; you
- make the call about a company that would market an instantly obsolete product
- for three months when they had a replacement for it already being assembled.
- You are reading a message from a frustrated customer, I would welcome hearing
- Jim Thomsen give the USR side of this issue. As far as the modem itself, it's
- ok. I'm happy with the Quicklink Message Center software, and the voice/fax
- recognition has worked well, the external speaker isn't so hot but you can
- route the output to your speakers instead.
-