David, at 17:28 on Mar 30 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Hard to say.  Some yum-chas, like the V.34 Dynalinks for 
BG> example, are actually rather good value for money, as long 
BG> as you don't mind using X3 (and I sure don't).  Others, like 
BG> the Ellcon, are absolute garbage, so there are indeed times 
BG> when it pays to buy from a well-known local manufacturer

DD> Did you sheck the stats on the Ellcon connecting here with the USR 
DD> Sportster and the M34F/Sportster from Capalaba?  The Ellcon produced a 
DD> better connect.

There's something very weird going on then, because more than half of the
Ellcons at CHH were DOA straight out of the box, and those that did
actually work were bloody atrocious, and generally connected two whole 2400
bps steps slower at V.34 than any other brand.  They were so bad, that we
sent them all back to the distributor, and permanently dropped them from
stock.

Regards, Bill

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