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- Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!unixland!bill
- From: bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser)
- Subject: Re: Supra flame
- Message-ID: <1992Nov8.005959.3294@unixland.natick.ma.us>
- Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix (508) 655-3848
- References: <1992Nov3.134912.159@hsh.com> <BiksTB1w165w@willard.UUCP> <1992Nov6.215018.200@hsh.com> <BxD3LL.1y0@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 00:59:59 GMT
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- mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:
-
- >But they have. In fact, this is at least the second time they've
- >seriously underestimated demand for their products; the first time was
-
- I guess what I don't understand is *why* there *is* such a demand
- for their products. From what I have heard, they have lots of problems.
-
- >You can say what you want about Supra. I guess I got spoiled dealing
- >with Telebit -- modems that work correctly, all the time; tech support
- >who know what they're talking about; timely and easy-to-obtain ROM
- >upgrades.
-
- Yes. This is exactly why I am about to give up on my "Zoom second chance"
- and go for what I should have bought in the first place. My T2500's always
- work predictably (and correctly) (except for the old and well-known problem
- with V.32 on noisy lines).
-
- My next modem isn't going to be a Telebit, because they're
- >just too expensive. But my next modem definitely isn't going to be a
-
- That is a problem. This is why I've been waiting for a couple of years to
- upgrade all of my lines to Telebit. However it is worth the wait becuase
- the cheapos just aren't worth the aggravation, unless you happen to have
- lots of time to play around babysitting your modems.
-
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