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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: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 23:41:08 -0800
- Organization: Delta Internet Services, Anaheim, CA
- Message-ID: <jpa-2303962341080001@ana0009.deltanet.com>
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- In article <4irse3$kme@mule1.mindspring.com>, fdrennon@pobox.com (Floyd
- Drennon) wrote:
-
- > In message <jpa-2003962147130001@ana4023.deltanet.com> - jpa@deltanet.com
- > (John P. Anderson)Wed, 20 Mar 1996 21:47:13 -0800 writes:
- >
- > :>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.
- >
- > There are literally millions of Sportsters in use. A very vocal minority
- > has appeared here and attempted to present their experiences as the norm.
- > In light of the number is use, I find this very hard to believe.
- >
- > Now, even if you do accept that Sportsters receive a lower level of service
- > than Couriers, I see no problem with that either considering the cost
- > difference between the two.
- >
- > Floyd Drennon - fdrennon@pobox.com
- > OS/2 & Lan Server Certified Instructor
- > Comp-U-Comm - Computer & Communication Consultants
-
- Lower level of service is a slight misnomer. *No* service for Sportster
- customers is more accurate.
-
- I am willing to admit there are millions of satisfied USR customers
- throughout the world. (Mostly Courier users) But you miss the point.
-
- If your Sportster works, great/wonderful. But if you are one of the
- few(?) with a USR Sportster that doesn't function properly, you are better
- off to return the modem for a refund, rather than look to USR for support.
- USR's support is very weak, and that is *the norm*.
-
- BTW, if Sportster problems are so statistically rare as you suggest, why
- doesn't USR just take care of them? Since they are so few, it would only
- cost them pennies. Either they are unbelievably cheap, or you are
- incorrect in your assumption and this is more of a problem than you are
- aware of.
-
- --
- John P. Anderson
- jpa@deltanet.com
-