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- From: an514295@anon.penet.fi (RadioMan)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Any Modems you would recommend ????
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 13:55:15 GMT
- Organization: Zippo
- Message-ID: <3173a6bf.8828889@snews.zippo.com>
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- tclbbs@parka.winternet.com (Brian Elfert) wrote:
-
- >:
- >:Have you considered that US Robotics is probably the largest seller of
- >:modems at retail? They may have 75% of the market.
- >:
-
- Numbers don't mean everything. The percentage of complaints for the
- Sportster modems seems very high compared to the other big sellers; i.e.
- Motorola, Zoom, Supra, and even Cardinal.
-
- I suspect Motorola's recent aggressive move into the consumer market with
- the ModemSurfer, etc. low cost line will tilt the scale considerably. My
- local Computer City has just received a TON of these modems and they are
- moving very well. Their USR stock is very low now.
-
- Motorola has been the dominent force in business modems for years - watch
- out for them in the consumer area.
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-