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- From: mikew@netonecom.net (Mike Wood)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Why does USR charge a premium for their Sportster modems?
- Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 19:23:02 GMT
- Organization: NetOne Communications Inc.
- Message-ID: <4k6gfo$o19@netone.netonecom.net>
- References: <31652e9e.13000253@news.ucalgary.ca> <4k3cmm$ptc@uuneo.neosoft.com> <4k4vc7$tp3@ktb2.ktb.net>
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- bashley@ktb2.ktb.net (Bev) wrote:
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- >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.
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- >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.
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- >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...
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- The original poster did say "Canadian $." Did you pay $187 Canadian or US?
- The last time I was in the local Sam's Club the internal 33.6 Sportster
- was going for $179 US, I don't remember what the external was going for.
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- Mike Wood
- mikew@netonecom.net
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