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- From: mika@atmos.washington.edu (Michael Brown)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Sportster Winmodem, any comments?
- Date: 22 Mar 1996 00:57:10 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington
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- Scot Trudeau (strudeau@star.net) wrote:
- : In message <3140E8AA.1A24@aimnet.com>,
- : Louis Chui <llngoc@aimnet.com> wrote:
-
- : >I just got myself a USR Sportster Winmodem and am wondering if it was a
- : >smart buy. I am using this modem to type this message right now, so it
- : >did work as plug-n-play, and I am connected to my ISP at 28.8 right now
- : >too, so that part seems to be okay. But I just want to know if a
- : >"regular" Sportster will be better.
-
- : I haven't heard of any problems with them yet, although it is a fairly new
- : modem. If it's working, I wouldn't change anything. For $99, this might
- : turn out to be a bargain in the long run. And the current crop of
- : Sportsters seem to have a fair amount of problems. Does the Winmodem have
- : v.34+ speeds?
-
- : --
- : Scot J. Trudeau
- : strudeau@star.net
- : http://www.star.net/people/~strudeau/
-
- The box claims you can download the 33.6 upgrade from the BBS but
- I have yet to find it. Anyone know where it is available or
- is it vaporware?
-
- Mika
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