-Ric
At 10:34 6/30/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I agree. I ran a BBS for 6 years, used only USR modems, some problems that
>were solved by putting them on a UPS of their own and had exactly 1 fail
>during that entire time (Lightning strike next door). I still use USR's
>today.
>
>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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