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echo: aust_modem
to: David Drummond
from: Hamish Moffatt
date: 1996-06-30 22:47:00
subject: Courier update

Hello David!

Friday June 28 1996 06:39, David Drummond wrote to Lewin Edwards:

 LE>> There have been a lot of products which were contracted by
 LE>> US or Aust (or ...) companies to Taiwanese and PRC outside
 LE>> mfrs for labor cost reasons, then the Taiwanese mfr
 LE>> "accidentally" made 10k too many and sold them direct ;-)
 LE>> Askey aren't exactly the most reputable company in the
 LE>> world, you know.
 > The unspeakable cads!

Well then, you get what you pay for -- a cheap Taiwanese modem produced by a
clone manufacturer. :-)


Regards,
Hamish
(whose modems definately say "Made in the USA")

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