Paul, at 18:32 on Nov 15 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> I would, and I did.  I flatly refuse to believe that a $450 
BG> Courier is three times better than a $150 Rockwell, and apart 
BG> from losing my 33600 connects, this GVC works no less reliably 
BG> than my Courier did.

PS> My 28.8k died (hmmmmm, still haven't sent to Lew to see if 
PS> he can revive it!) and I need a new modem quickly. Having a 
PS> few international connect (2 or 3 each week from them) and 
PS> knowing that they also had USR modems, that is what I decided 
PS> on (HST has proved a fantastic quite a few times :)

Oh sure, in my case too there is no doubt that the Courier is better when
connecting to another USR, but I still don't believe that the 3X price
differential is justified, not when the cheap Taiwanese Rockwell-based
clones perform almost as well (albeit sans HST).  If Couriers ever drop to
around $200 or so, I'll buy another.  Until then, my $150 GVC will continue
to work quite adequately with both my boss node (Courier) and my ISP.

Regards, Bill

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