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- From: Thomas.Tornblom@Hax.SE (Thomas Tornblom)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: I'm A Happy ZyXEL Custome
- Date: 19 Apr 1996 17:53:56 GMT
- Organization: HB Hax
- Message-ID: <THOMAS.TORNBLOM.96Apr19195356@spiff.Hax.SE>
- References: <MBIN.19705.118@infolink.no>
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- In-reply-to: rode@infolink.no's message of Thu, 18 Apr 1996 18:11:36 +0100
-
- In article <MBIN.19705.118@infolink.no> rode@infolink.no (┼ge R°de) writes:
-
- > I've noticed that ZyXEL has been the subject of quite a few harsh
- > comments in this conference lately, so I'd like to add my personal
- > experience. I used to have an old U1496B that I was very pleased with.
- > Last September I took advantage of the upgrade offer and bought an
- > Elite 2864 that came with BIOS ver 1.04 I wasn't quite happy with this
- > version for a number of reasons (among them odd pauses in the
- > transmission of data at unpredictable intervals) and successive BIOS
- > versions unfortunately had problems handshaking with Norwegian versions
- > of USR modems. However, version 1.12 seems to have fixed these problem
- > and the Elite 2864 is now an excellent product, I think. Alas, one week
- > ago my power supply suddenly gave up. So I had to borrow a USR V34
- > Sportster and sent a message to ZyXEL USA and Taiwan. On receipt of my
- > message ZyXEL USA immediately shipped a replacement power supply by
- > Federal Express, all expenses paid. That's what I call service, and
- > that's one of the reasons I think ZyXEL is a lot better than the
- > general feedbeck in this conference might have indicated. Now I'm up and
- > running again using my Elite 2864 which incidentally gives me
- > consistently higher cps throughput as reported by Zap-O-Comm, compared
- > to an USR V34 Sportster.
-
- This sound as I could have written it myself, modulo that I had an
- U-1496E, right down to the power supply stuff!
-
- I didn't have too much trouble with the earlier versions though.
-
- Have others experienced trouble with the PSU:s on the Elites? My PSU
- let the smoke out tuesday last week. I sent ZyXEL a message wednesday
- and on noon friday I had a new one. Two days from the US to Sweden door
- to door, that's what I call service. Hats off to ZyXEL!
-
- I'm now very pleased with the modem. I'm running flash 1.12 and I'm
- using it as my PPP link to work (and the net) as well as for fax and
- terminal sessions. I'm using it with a SparcStation IPX/Solaris 2.5.
-
- Thomas
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