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In article <199710162059.VAA08716@jes.noc.nl.demon.net> Jim Segrave
wrote:

>So, no - not a rant. 

Accepted, and thanks for the detailed response, Jim.

>What I do see is repeated assertations that 'my
>modem used to work with equipment X, or it still works with equipment
>Y. Therfore, if it doesn't work with equipment Z, the fault *must* lie
>with equipment Z'.

I really don't think many people are reaching that conclusion. It is
clear that there is some sort of mismatch for some users that has come
to light when equipment Z was installed ... Despite all the flawed
analogies with table lamps, unleaded petrol, etc., and the lack of
technical detail, I would have thought that most Motorola users fully
understand that.

It's just that even anecdotal quips about running cars over Motorola
3400s (rather than TNTs, or anything else that might be to blame) is
setting the seeds of doubt in users' minds. Clearly, if enough of us
were convinced by such anecdotes that we decided to replace our modems,
the problem would go away. But at the moment, it is said that the jury
is still out ... let's hope they are locked up in a hotel far away from
Usenet ;-) 

-- 
Paul