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- From: jpa@deltanet.com (John P. Anderson)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Support is a waste of time &money......................................
- Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 20:51:23 -0800
- Organization: Delta Internet Services, Anaheim, CA
- Message-ID: <jpa-1803962051230001@ana3121.deltanet.com>
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- In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.960315161350.7542C-100000@zon>, Peter van der
- Landen <landen@cir.frg.eur.nl> wrote:
-
- > My experiences with European USR support in France:
- >
- > I called them for the V34+ flash update, they referred me to their BBS,
- > it was there and I downloaded it.
- >
- > Two of my six Couriers developed problems with picking up the line, it
- > took 1 month to get them fixed after sending them back.
- >
- > I called USR support for help on getting 2 Couriers to run over a leased
- > line (the settings in the manual did not work). I was helped promptly and
- > had the connection up without further problems.
- >
- > The support was not exceptionally good nor was it exceptionally bad.
- > Repair time could have been a lot better. I still like the modems.
- >
- > BTW: International calls for tech support are very expensive, you
- > Americans are lucky with your toll free number.
- >
- > Regards,
- > Peter van der Landen
-
- The problem with USR support is not with the Courier but with the Sportsters.
-
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- John P. Anderson
- jpa@deltanet.com
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