You guys just don't get it! There's USR "standards", then there's the rest
of the modem industry. USR modems only really support other USR modems.
Almost everyone with a Rockwell chipset modem has trouble connecting to a
USR modem, and almost all USR modems have problems connecting to Rockwell
chipset modems. Don't you agree that it would be nice to have just one set
of "standards" to worry about??
The same is true with 56K technology. There's X2, only supported by USR
(and now 3com, but only because 3com bought USR), and then there's the
entire rest of the modem industry with 56KFlex. Don't we have enough to
worry about with trying to make a living in a highly competitive industry
without USR trying to inflict it poorly thoughtout X2 "standard" on
everyone else??
Regards,
Randy
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>>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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