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- From: fleggett@gate.net (Fred Leggett)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Anyone heard from Motorola lately?
- Date: 4 Apr 1996 23:09:26 -0500
- Organization: CyberGate, Inc.
- Message-ID: <4k26dm$ik2@hopi.gate.net>
- References: <4jt5id$4q1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4ju4i9$km@scratchy.mosquito.com>
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- In article <4ju4i9$km@scratchy.mosquito.com>,
- Bruce Bauman <boot@mosquito.com> wrote:
- >
- >I called them on the phone yesterday, and was told that
- >
- > 1) To upgrade a Power 28.8 to 33.6, I had to send the modem
- > back, and pay a $99 charge.
- No advance replacement option, huh? That really puts a crink on bbs
- operators who don't have spare modems lying around. Even zyxel offered
- an aro during their (instantaneous) upgrade window.
-
- > 2) The resulting modem is not the same as a Premier 33.6. It
- > lacks a few of the features.
- Huh? Where in the world did this come from? What, then, was the
- point of waiting until premiers were in ready supply? At that rate, $99
- is beginning to sound quite exhorbitant. What features will be lacking?
-
- >Of course, I've heard rumors elsewhere that the Powers will be upgradeable to
- >33.6 via a flash ROM upgrade in 6 months or so.
- I think someone is starting nasty rumors (again).
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- Fred Leggett - fleggett@gate.net, fleggett@animece.oau.org
-