Russell, at 08:53 on Mar 31 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

RB> Saving a dollar a minute is significant to me. 200 minutes and you have 
RB> bought your courier.  Even at 50c a minute, it is nothing to sneeze at.

BG> Nice little exercise, but I don't think that Paul makes too many outbound
BG> calls, and certainly very little in the way of STD stuff.  Of course, the 
BG> same would still apply to his inbound STD and ISD callers.  Good point 

RB> Some people are Soooo Tight

To be perfectly fair to Paul though, $200 IS quite a lot of money when he's
not convinced (as I am) that the Courier is a much better modem than the
NetComm.

RB> Don't even spend money so their users can actually save money

If his was a subscription BBS, it would be unforgivable of him to buy a
modem which didn't adequately support the majority of his callers, but
whilst it's a voluntary board, and a free dial-up service, he's more than
entitled to use whatever modem he likes IMO.  If we don't like it, that's
our bad luck.

RB> ...Call it Goodwill...
RB> You scratch my back... I'll stab yours

Nah, he's not quite THAT bad.  Not yet, at least.  :)

RB> Doesn't leave a good taste in a users mouth.

Dunno, I'm not at all unhappy with his ultimate choice of modem.  After
all, I can connect with it at 28800 most times, and that was basically the
whole point of his finally upgrading to V.34 anyway, from my POV at least.

RB> Why isn't he still using a 2400 Netcomm, If he wants to be mean,
RB> I could Give him one that I have here.

Strange as it may seem, I can sort of see his point, even though I disagree
with it.  I would have preferred that he'd ended up with a Courier, and
that's a totally altruistic desire too, as I genuinely believe that the
Courier is a much better modem than the M34F, quite aside from its
exceptional value as an eminently upgradeable piece of hardware.  I still
believe that he'd have been happier with the USR in the long term.

Regards, Bill

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