home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: ktb2.ktb.net!not-for-mail
- From: bashley@ktb2.ktb.net (Bev)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Why does USR charge a premium for their Sportster modems?
- Date: 5 Apr 1996 21:27:35 -0800
- Organization: loose ends again
- Message-ID: <4k4vc7$tp3@ktb2.ktb.net>
- References: <31652e9e.13000253@news.ucalgary.ca> <4k3cmm$ptc@uuneo.neosoft.com>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: ktb2.ktb.net
- X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
-
- In article <31652e9e.13000253@news.ucalgary.ca>, acktam@acs.ucalgary.ca says...
- >>I am thinking of upgrading to a 28.8 k modem from a 14.4k one. I saw
- >>an ad in the local newspaper that advertised Zoom 28.8 for $190
- >>(Canadian $) and one jfor USR sportster for $260.
-
- dsterner@neosoft.com wrote:
- >Are you sure you are comparing apples to apples? The $260 price
- >for a basic Sportster is high - very high. I paid about $225 for
- >an external model about 1 1/2 years ago.
-
- Last Sunday I bought a USR external 33.6 PnP non-voice faxmodem for $187 +
- tax. I could have bought the vi model for $207. $260 sounds pretty high...
-
- Bev bashley@ktb.net
- xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
- "Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to
- spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and
- begin slitting throats." -- H.L. Mencken
-
-