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- From: John White <jwhite@fishnet.net>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: I LOVE USR modems !!!!
- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 04:47:32 -0800
- Organization: Leonardo Internet
- Message-ID: <314C09E4.5C98@fishnet.net>
- References: <4h4716$nvo@fstgal00.tu-graz.ac.at> <4hlaoj$7ki@news-1.starnet.net> <4ia8v1$fgu@socrates.aristotle.net>
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- Herschel R wrote:
- >
- > In article <4hlaoj$7ki@news-1.starnet.net>, tkeating@cybergate.org (T. Keith Keating) wrote:
- > >In <4h4716$nvo@fstgal00.tu-graz.ac.at>, <> writes:
- > >><> schreibt:
- > >>> hdoan@vworks.com (H Doan) schreibt:
- > >>> > Finally... true happiness with a product.
- > >>> > I've gone through 5 different 28.8 modems from various manufactures and I
- > > can
- > >>> > attest, the USR is the best modem--- no overrruns, no chokes, no lousy
- > >>> > disconnects.......(other gushings continued)
- >
- > >
- > >This guy is on GLUE........ and USR support S U C K S........... I know, I have
- > > been
- > >dealing with them now for 3 months for this peice of SHIT product, so if you
- > >know anybody who wants to buy one, I have one for them. SUCKERS.......
- > >
- >
- > I'm not sure I can diagnose a glue head from these spoutings
- > but I can say that USR support is pitiful. The disconnects
- > are a major drag. I spent two weeks adjusting my
- > initialization string so I didn't get disconnects every 3-5
- > minutes. Now I get them only about once every 30 min to an
- > hour if I am lucky. I don't feel like screwing with the
- > string anymore. I'm told it may partially be due to the
- > modem on the other end but I can't excuse USR for that.
- > The best advice I can give to a modem buyer is that if you
- > are mainly going to use it for tcp/ip internet connection
- > then find out what kind of modems your provider uses and buy
- > that brand and pay for the lowest priced model that comes
- > with flash bios changeability (250- 400$). I will not being
- > buying USR again.
- >
- > HR
-
- Good point. I never understood the argument that it was the fault of the
- Rockwell based modem on the other end when other Non-Rockwell modems
- have no problem staying connected to them. The bottom line is the USR
- Sportsters don't dynamically handle "degraded" transmission conditions
- as well as others.
-