RB>> Was it Paul who said something to the effect of..." Buying a 

RB>> USR to do 33600 connects and 3900+ Cps, is not worth the $200

RB>>  over the top of buying a Netcomm 28800..... It would take 

RB>> years to pay off Well I have just done some tests with two 

RB>> indentical Couriers linked together with a 2 metre cable 

RB>> (transferring at 33600 then 28800)



RB>> File 300teru.zip     1432681 bytes

RB>> 33600\33600 connect  3883cps      time 6 min 10 sec

RB>> 28800\28800 connect  3329cps      time 7 min 15 sec



RB>> You save one full minute on a 1.4meg file.

RB>> And if you are doing this on anything but a local call, then

RB>> these minutes add up (specially at say, $1 per minute)

RB>> Saving a dollar a minute is significant to me.

RB>> 200 minutes and you have bought your courier.

RB>> Even at 50c a minute, it is nothing to sneeze at.



 DD> Having a modem that doesn't take a week to configure, and causes no 

 DD> heartache

 DD> at all is worth at leats $200 too.



 DD> Set and forget . . . .





Must agree here.

Do a survey on the stress levels of modem owners...

What you will find, is that owners of USR Modems, aren't even on the

graph.



Russell





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