I don't understand the bad rep you guys are giving them. They've got (had)
the BBS market locked up for years. Maybe it's really a power-line problem,
like I mentioned above.
At 19:52 06/29/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Wow. We sure have different experiences. We use USR analog modem pools
>here and NEVER have a problem with anybody's modem connection. They all
>come in. It's a non-issue.
>
>-Ric
>
>
>At 10:32 6/30/97 +1000, you wrote:
>>Wow. I thought this may have been only an Australian thing given the
>support for USR material in the U.S. but...
>>
>>Whenever we have anybody dial in with a modem connectivity problem the
>FIRST question we ask is "Is your modem either a USR or a KTX ?". 90% of
>the time that is the source of the problem. We have even become attuned to
>the sounds of US Robotics modems trying to connect with our analog modems
>they are so bad.
>>
>>We regularly encourage new users to exchange their USR's for cheap
>taiwanese clones because of the dollar savings and the better performance!
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Steve.
>>
>>At 10:22 27/06/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>>At 10:26 AM 6/27/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>>>I would strongly advise you to look at K56Fkex rather than X2. USR has
>>>>pulled this competing standards crap before. Remember V.FC? At this
>>>>point the only major companies supporting X2 are USR and 3COM. Just
>>>>about everyone else is using the Rockwell/Lucent chipset.
>>>>
>>>>After the problems that I have had with USRs support and QC. I will
>>>>never buy their products again until there are fundemental changes in
>>>>support, interoperability and QC.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Here, Here! I agree with Robert completely. Whenever we have problems with
>>>any client connecting, getting dropped, etc., about 90% of the time they
>>>have some kind of USR modem! IMHO, the only product that USR has ever
>>>produced that's worth anything is the Sporster 128K ISDN adapter. We never
>>>buy anything made my USR, nor do we recommend USR to our customers.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Randy
>>>
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