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- From: jpa@deltanet.com (John P. Anderson)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR service has a 100% screwup rate
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 21:47:13 -0800
- Organization: Delta Internet Services, Anaheim, CA
- Message-ID: <jpa-2003962147130001@ana4023.deltanet.com>
- References: <4ifhv6$93v@sam.inforamp.net> <4ige08$8o9@nntp1.best.com> <4img82$nvj@clark.zippo.com>
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- In article <4img82$nvj@clark.zippo.com>, daustin@albany.net (David Austin)
- wrote:
-
- > On 17 Mar 1996 07:12:08 GMT, Rigor@clever.net (Matt Fox) wrote:
- >
- > >In article <4ifhv6$93v@sam.inforamp.net>, crs0794@inforamp.net says...
- > >>
- > >>My friend FAXed USRobotics an order for a 33.6 upgrade to his external
- > >>USRobotics Sportster 28.8 Vi with VoiceView, and received a
- confirmation FAX
- > >>from USR confirming the order and the modem's serial number. This was long
- > >>ago. This week, he received a Sportster V.FC to V.34 upgrade.
- Shrugging, he
- > >>tried the PROM anyway; it didn't work.
- > >>
- > >
- > >i wouldnt say 100%.. my brother who is like crazy/manic/etc broke my courier
- > >motherboard in half a while ago.. it was a complete break. and they sent
- > >me a new modem for $125 flat repair charge in a week. they should of been
- > >able to have you send them the modem directly cause of the us/canada shit
- > >but any other countries you probably had to take it to a certified repair
- > >facility in that country to keep it legal
- > >
- > I've been using USR stuff since '88 (been through and an still using
- > about a dozen modems, mostly Courier dual HST and Sportsters) and have
- > had only one problem (with a PCMCIA card two months ago) in that time.
- > I called their tech support, held for a couple of minutes, got an RMA
- > number (they didn't even ask if the unit was under warrany), sent the
- > card in and got it returned (replaced) in about 10 days. No muss, No
- > fuss, No bother.
- >
- > This anecdotal data is based on about 12 units over the course of 8
- > years. Beside the one incident that your friend had, can you report
- > anything else to support any logical conclusion based on real
- > historical data?
-
-
- Yes, just read this newsgroup daily and keep score. Comments like yours
- regarding the Courier are not uncommon. USR obviously thinks more of its
- Courier customers than its Sportster customers. Complaints about the
- Sportster are multiple/daily.
-
- --
- John P. Anderson
- jpa@deltanet.com
-