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Re: Why am I left out?

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From: Malcolm Muir
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 00:00
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On Fri, 30 Oct 1998 18:56:57 +0000, Colin Smith <colskip@colskip.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <363a0223.0@muir-et2.staff.demon.net>, Malcolm Muir
><malcolm@demon.net> writes
>>>It would be nice if someone with the statistical data would name
>>>and shame the worst offending modems now so that people buying
>>>for Christmas do not get landed with brand new duff modems.
>>
>>There is no possibility of any ISP publishing such information, it
>>would almost certainly result in legal action by the modem suppliers.
>>
>Ha, another closed shop ! perhaps that would not be bad....

So instead of XYZ modems working with us to resolve the problem
for everyones benefit, you would rather we fight each other in
the courts with you the customer paying the bill ?

It is a lot easier to get cooperation without confrontation.

-- 
Malcolm S. Muir                                Demon Internet Ltd.
Sunderland                                     322 Regents Park Road
England                                        London N3 2QQ
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From: malcolm@demon.net (Malcolm Muir)
Subject: Re: Why am I left out?
Date: 1998/10/31
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