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- From: jemartin@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Martin)
- Subject: Re: PPI Modem IS REALLLLLLLY BAD!!!...NOT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.034500.27837@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
- References: <18965@mindlink.bc.ca> <1993Jan1.012149.1756@informix.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 93 03:45:00 GMT
- Lines: 32
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- In article <1993Jan1.012149.1756@informix.com> aland@informix.com (Colonel Panic) writes:
- >In article <18965@mindlink.bc.ca> Rick_Engel@mindlink.bc.ca (Rick Engel) writes:
- >> I was reading this forum for months before choosing the PPI 14400FXSA
- >>and I've think I made a great choice, and I have not had any problems what so
- >>ever. I've had the modem for a while now and its used at least three hours
- >>per day and no problems have been encountered yet. I did get the rom upgrade,
- >>'just in case', and the service was FANTASTIC, I called the service dept and
- >>2 days later I had my new rom installed. It is quite rare to see a complaint
- >>for the 14400FXSA, and I would imagine that the problem is not the modem but
- >>somewhere else in the users system.
- >
- >I have a PPI pocket modem for my laptop which failed after about six months.
- >These are "lifetime warranteed", so I sent it back, and they sent me a new
- >one in a reasonable timeframe.
- >
- >HOWEVER, there is a *charge* for warranty repairs -- I think it was $25 for
- >the pocket modem, which is 25% of what I paid for it. The "lifetime warranty"
- >claim should be taken with a grain of salt...
- >
- >--
- >Alan Denney aland@informix.com {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland
-
- The only *charge* for warranty repairs on a PM14400FX (or FXSA) is $12 or
- $15 (I can't recall which it is) to cover handling and return postage,
- which is not unreasonable IMHO. Parts and labor are covered under the
- warranty - they are FREE. Be careful before you generalize over all PPI
- modems which have a lifetime warranty...
-
- John
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- John E. Martin jemartin@nyx.cs.du.edu University of Puget Sound '92
- Kent, WA (formerly martin@ups.edu) SeinfeldBC++RushBelaFleckDWeckl
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