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- From: st1r8@elroy.uh.edu (Guillot, Burt J.)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Why is Supra able to sell?
- Date: 15 Nov 1992 12:23 CST
- Organization: University of Houston
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- In article <1dujchINNpr2@transfer.stratus.com>, dvasconc@sw.stratus.com (D Vasconcelos) writes...
-
- > I am surprised you compare the Zyxel and the Courier Dual Standard.
- > The DS supports two connect protocols, and has various other features
- > (ie. ASL, modular upgrades) not present in Zyxel.
- >
- > It WOULD be fair to compare Zyxel w/ a USR Sportster .. in price and
- > features these modems have a lot more in common. I would strongly
- > recommend you look at the Sportster .. from what I have seen it is
- > a solid modem.
-
- Hello, David. I will never buy a USR modem. Why? Number 1. The prices
- are too high. Number 2. The USR people think all users are idiots. When
- USR made a boo boo and released the Sportser with ROM version 4.1 that
- allowed a few commands to "transform" it into a Dual Standard and then
- claimed that doing this would cause your hard drive to be erased! Well,
- they just don't want to admit a mistake. They can make a Dual Standard
- and sell it at the price of a Sportster and still make a profit, but they
- just want to drain every penny out of you they can. I'm not saying that
- the USR is a bad modem. It is an excellent modem. I'm just saying that
- I won't buy one.
-
- Number 3 reason why I won't buy a USR modem. They have no plans of EVER
- supporting voice mail. I called them and asked them if it was a
- possibility, they said they said "zero possibility".
-
- Zyxel seems to be working night and day on improving their modems. They
- released a 16.8 chip and I've heard they may come out with a 19.2K chip
- that will allow them to talk that speed with other Zyxel. I've also
- heard they may even be offering the info to other manufacturers for
- free, but I have my doubts about that. It has FAX (like the new USR
- modems and voice mail. They display looks good too.
-