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Andrew Usher <andy@house-of-usher.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<6Hy9cHAY758yEwmj@house-of-usher.demon.co.uk>...
> In article <F6f1MGA18u8yEwzs@setsquare.demon.co.uk>, Philip Mellor
> <setsquare@setsquare.demon.co.uk> writes
> >In article <854653791snz@mcgwin.demon.co.uk>, John McGinlay
> ><John@mcgwin.demon.co.uk> writes
> >
> >>  I'm afraid you've run foul of Demon's less than honest publicity.
> >>
> >>   (100% coverage - but at suboptimal speeds if you have a Sportster)
> >>   (33.6 support  - but not for Sportsters)
> >>   (33.6 support  - but bandwidth less than at 28000)
> >>   (full news feed - sometimes)
> >>   (free home pages - so long as nobody visits them)
> >>
> >Hi,
> >
> >Are you being serious?  Demon will support 33.6 won't they?  I'm glad I
> >read this post, I was going to go and buy a sportster soon?  Any ideas
> >on a good alternative?
> >
> No he's not being serious. I have an internal sportster vi33.6 and I
> connect to Demon at 33.6 most of the time using the standard turnpike
> initialisation strings. You need to use the 0845 353 5666 number to get
> it.
> -- 
> Andrew Usher
> 


Oh yes he is !!! Rather cynical view, but about right.

Just review this NG for the past month on the sportster front !!!


Andy ( USR 1171 ) 

Bought 2/12/96 and still sub optimal despite 
having a cable connection supporting video bandwidth.