LURKER here, I agree about the USR/3COM being the most dependable and working the best. Of course they are NOT the cheapest either nor the most expensive. I do NOT know the rate of exchange from the British monies to the American. I paid about $60.00 for mine about a year ago. At 05:51 PM 9/4/01, you wrote: <snip> >At the time, the Sportsters were beginning to appear - the first really >cheap modem which was capable of 14.4k connects. At the time I think they >were somewhere around 150 UKP, which sounds a lot these days, but they were >half the price of the Couriers we used. The first batch which hit the UK >were dreadful. If you did manage to make a connection with them they'd lose >it at the drop of a hat. > <snip> >I think the Courier we use (and I still do use on my Linux box at home) is >STILL around 250 pounds - you get what you pay for I think... > >BTW, Lurker, I'm currently working for Unisys - I believe Burroughs are the >parent company - yes? OK, OK, OK my spelling is a little off, Yes you are probably correct. I had to deal with several people with UNISYS, and NEVER had any problems with them. Just that @#*&% BTOS, I hated it. >Steve Flynn >NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst >* 01603 687386 > TIA, 'd' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> San Antonio, Texas
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