On Jun 06, 1996 at 07:44, Bill Grimsley of 3:640/305.9 wrote:

 db>> I'm still splitting my sides after reading Dave Hatch's comment
- "the
 db>> modems are fine, as long as you keep the manufacturer away from
'em".
 db>> ROFL!!  ;-)
 BG> I doubt that USR were equally as amused though.

Their problem .. if nothing else, it just serves to prove that USR are as
fallable as the other modem manufacturers.  :-)

 BG> Especially as it looks very much like they'll need to go back to USR for
 BG> repair.  I bet they're sorry they didn't socket the flash-ROM chip now...

At what cost to users (considering USR didn't force the users to flash the
new firmware into their modems)?

    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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