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Re: Why am I left out?

#142
From: Andy
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 00:00
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In article <363a643d.0@muir-et2.staff.demon.net>, Malcolm Muir
<malcolm@demon.net> writes
>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.
>
Fairy Nuff.

How about issuing a list of "modem type - phone number [ie non-Modem
type]" pairs which work impeccably?
-- 
Andy
For Austria & its philately, Lupus, & much else visit 
http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk
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From: Andy <andy@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Why am I left out?
Date: 1998/10/31
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