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- From: bill.garfield@yob.sccsi.com (Bill Garfield)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Modem Upgrades
- Message-ID: <251.212.uupcb@yob.sccsi.com>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 06:48:00 GMT
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- Organization: Ye Olde Bailey BBS - Houston, TX - 713-520-1569
- Reply-To: bill.garfield@yob.sccsi.com (Bill Garfield)
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- To: sjohns@kiwi.ucs.indiana.edu (shane alan johns)
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- >Can someone tell me what my options are in so far as upgrading my
- >USR modem are? I have the older 'round LED' USR Dual standard modems,
- >purchased on the SYSOP deal some 4 or so years ago...
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- About the only sensible thing you can do with a round-led Dual is
- SELL IT. There is _no_ upgrade path... nada... zip... goose egg.
- ANyone who says there is an upgrade path for a Round Led Dual is either
- lying or doesn't know what he's talking about.
-
- I see Round-Led Duals being offered in the RIME network HST conference
- for varying prices, most of them on the order of $400 & less. Since
- you got a "sysop deal" price that shouldn't impact your wallet to
- painfully. Cheapest one I saw went for $300 & sold in a couple days.
-
- Since you got yours on a "sysop deal" is it safe to assume that you are
- still a bona-fide sysop & can still qualify? If that answer is an
- unqualified "YES" then I'd dump the dual for $350, put another
- hundred and a half with it and order a NEW one. Cheapest upgrade
- path you'll find, I'm somewhat sure. - but.... be prepared for
- a wait. Present turnaround time on new sysop deal modems through
- USR is AVERAGING 8-10 weeks on prepaid orders. ($499 + 15 shipping)
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-
- * OLX 2.2 * Forty-something doesn't mean your I.Q., Mr. Quayle.
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