SM>> I'd seriously recommend you look at the USR_SPORTSTER echo
 SM>> or comp.dcom.modems for a few days before you do that!  I'd
 SM>> put my old U-1496S+ back into service before I'd buy *one*
 SM>> Sportster.
 
 LE> Your opinion, I do understand it.
 SM> OTOH, I think you missed the point.
Nope, I don't think so. I do agree with you, I don't want to be without
my Elite but it could came to that anyway. Just because the lack of
higher speed. :)
 
 SM> First, I have nothing against USR, as a whole.  I recommend them
 SM> whenever it's appropriate.  I own two USR v.everything Couriers (33600
 SM> *capable*) and they are fine modems.  I also own a 1496S+ which, until
 SM> the USR v.34 code stabilized, was the finest modem I have ever owned
 SM> (of about 50 or so).  I'm anxiously awaiting the ZyXEL LCD model,
 SM> which I'm sure they'll build sometime in my lifetime. 
Same thing here, I have tried out a lot of different kind of modems, only
one of them has been more or less trouble free, my Elite. :)
 LE>  I know a lot of folks around here in Sweden that uses
 LE> USR Vi, and it works fine for them, no wonder a lot of ZyX users
 LE> are looking over the shoulder at USR. I do understand them.
 SM> Well, either the Swedish Sportster code is MUCH better than what's
 SM> available here in the US, or there will be a lot of sorely
I don't think it's much better.
 SM> disappointed Swedish former ZyXEL users - those who sell their ZyXELs
 SM> and buy Sportsters!  That's why I suggested browsing comp.dcom.modems
 SM> for a bit, so you could see just what sort of problems the Sportsters
 SM> are causing. 
Me, and a lot of others does not have Internet in that manner, so it
could be a little bit tricky to see this.
 SM> As I said earlier, I've no particular problem with USR, or the Courier
 SM> line, but I wouldn't have a current Sportster as a gift! 
I don't mind a gift like that. :)
/Lempa, E-Post: dioden@topazen.hammar.pp.se
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