PE>> Yes, it is slightly inferior in that respect.  So how much do you

PE>> think I would have saved off my phone bill if I had paid the extra

PE>> $200 for a V34+ modem?





PE>> Then you're forgetting the only thing that would be of any difference

PE>> to me anyway.  And only a VERY MARGINAL difference at that.  Certainly

PE>> isn't saving ME any money.  It MIGHT save my ISD callers some money,

PE>> but every time I've looked, ISD callers get very low connect speeds

PE>> anyway.



But they wouldn't be so low If you and your calling parties had real

modems, Paul



BG>> think I'd consider my users before worrying too much about an
extra ~$200 



PE>> Most of my users are local, and if they buy proprietry modems they

PE>> deserve all they get. 



In my view a Netcomm is more proprietry than a USR (you can only get

the best connect if you connect to a netcomm)



And didn't they also have a price tag of around $1400 at one stage.





BG>> though, is your unjustifiably negative attitude towards the
Courier.  Can 



BG>> you honestly tell me that if they were the same price, you'd
still prefer 

 BG> a



BG>> NetComm ?



PE>> NO!  And if you LISTENED to what I was saying, instead of going off

PE>> on a zealotry trip, you would have already known this, as I have

PE>> stated it before:





PE>> I am mostly interested in incoming calls, so the fact that I may not

PE>> connect to a Netcomm properly on an outgoing call is not as big a

PE>> problem as failure for incoming calls to connect to me.  Dieter's is

PE>> the most serious problem in that respect.  Total failure is simply

PE>> not acceptible.



 And your netcomm not connecting with EC on an incoming call is also

  unacceptable that way, now that you mention it.



PE>> Well it isn't, so you might want to go and keep your zealotry in

PE>> check next time.  BFN.  Paul.



 BG> It's called "enthusiasm", if you don't mind...



I have been told to keep it down a lot in Aust_Modems,

Seems Ian can't tell the difference between enthusiasm and zealotry

either.



It is just hard to be humble when you own a USR.





Russell



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