BG> Dave, at 19:34 on May 31 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...
.....

DH>> Beware of the current ftp.usr.com scam.  There's a 61_SDL up,
dated in May 
DH>> 96.  The content is Jan, 1995.  Before V34+.

BG> When did you check its contents though?  I called their BBS a couple of 
BG> days ago, and also noticed a fairly recent 061 SDL, but I'm sure it was 
BG> dated prior to May (could have been either February or March).  Might be 
BG> worth checking.

Would have been on the day prior to this message.  I saw the 61_ went WOW!
and did a FTP forthwith.   When I found out that it was over a year old and
a reverse upgrade to plain v34, I was livid.

DH>> I'm beginning to be less of an FRZ. :-(

BG> You've been spoiled, Dave.  Had you bought a Taiwanese V.34 modem, you'd 
BG> have been stuck with the same controller code this time next year, and the 
BG> year after, and the year after that too...

More or less true.  Although, at least the Taiwanese would be attempting to
help the customers, in the hope of keeping those and getting more.

The Zyxel story was awesome.  So was the dirty pool politics played to
ensure that _we_ didn't benefit from it. :-(

Regards,
Dave Hatch.

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