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- From: duncan@ravel.ati.com (Jim Duncan)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: WB Fax Upgrade
- Message-ID: <90@ravel.ati.com>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 04:37:25 GMT
- References: <87@ravel.ati.com> <1993Jan3.141940.19230@kegworks.mn.org>
- Reply-To: duncan@ravel.ati.com (Jim Duncan)
- Organization: K-FOX 94.5 Classic Rock (KUFX, Gilroy-San Jose, CA)
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- In article <1993Jan3.141940.19230@kegworks.mn.org> lfahnoe@kegworks.mn.org (Larry Fahnoe) writes:
-
- >But the offer was for a hardware upgrade; none of the ads that I read said
- >anything about Telebit offering software, so I would chalk the coupon up
- >as a goodwill gesture.
-
- It may be an attempt at a goodwill gesture, but it sure would've been
- handy if they had lab tested the WB fax upgrade with a more attractive
- software package such as perhaps the highly regarded Digifax, which is
- apparently available for less than half the cost of Faximum ($290 vs.
- $625).
-
- And indeed, I think that the Telebit phone representatives were
- conscious of this little social problem as when I asked about the
- availability and cost of SysV fax software, they all said something
- like, "I don't know exactly what the cost is, but you can call Faximum
- directly at 604-xxx-xxxx and ask them.". Obviously, they had had so
- many initial negative reactions over the phone that is was convenient
- to just "forget" the price.
-
- Yes, that is a goodly sized chunk of change for the
- >software, but based on previous discussions in this group, there are other
- >packages available that will probably work.
- >
- Thank God for that. But it just means more fooling around and delays
- as various users tinker and experiment with alternatives. I bet there
- isn't a single WB user that will avail themselves of the gracious
- Telebit Faximum offer.
-
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