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geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh) writes:

=> woods@eci386.uucp (Greg A. Woods) writes:
=> 
=> > Why aren't the Telebit distributors (esp. in Canada) yelling and
=> > screaming at Telebit to get the official right to do these
=> > upgrades/swaps?  Such a move would impress me for one, and I expect
=> > would be well worth the cost to improve customer relations!
=>    Don't hold your breath waiting for distributors to come to the rescue.  
=> What surprises me is that Telebit's Canadian customers aren't calling them 
=> DAILY to remind Telebit that they're being treated like second-class citizens

Well, I suspect that the Telebit "distributors" are like many other outfits.
They want the profit, without the hassle.

Around here, we do a different thing.  We buy our Telebits from USA
distributors, clear them through customs, pay the GST, and add 10% to
the price for our profit.

The profit goes to pay for running and upgrades of this site.


Our little modem blurb follows, for anyone interested in what we can sell
Telebits (and ZyXEL's) for:

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The  Questor  Project  is  a non-profit society  operating  the  Questor
Project  BBS/UUCP service.    It began over 5 years ago.    Its  mandate
was,   (and is still),  to supply information in the areas of  Medicine,
Health and AIDS.

In  order  to  raise  some of the funds  for  the  ongoing  maintenance,
operation and upgrading of this site, it was decided to offer a few very
exceptional  modem products for sale to the general public,   at  prices
just 10% above our costs.

Technical specifications/manufacturer's DATA SHEETS, FAQ info and Prices
are available on:

        - ZyXel 1496-series 14400cps FAX/Modems with Caller-ID

        - most Telebit Modems and associated products

        - other related products such as dumb 4-port and 8-port
          serial cards for PC Bus, with UNIX (Xenix) software.

by sending e-mail to our mail-server.

Data  sheets,  application notes and other items have been scanned in at
300x300dpi,  saved as TIFF image files,  and compressed as ZOO  archives
which, when requested from the mail-server, will be e-mailed as a series
of uu-encoded files.


To retrieve info on how to use the mail-server, do NOT use your mailer's
"reply"   function,  as this will wrongly send your request back to  the
mailer-daemon.

Send a new e-mail message to:

        mail-server@questor.wimsey.bc.ca

   and include in the BODY of your message, the word:   INFO
   on a line by itself.


 - An index of available TIFF-images of data/spec sheets is available
   by sending e-mail to:

        mail-server@questor.wimsey.bc.ca

   and include in the BODY of your message (at the left
   margin), the words:

        INFO FILINDX

The mail-server will automatically uu-encode archives.   If you  require
XX-encoding, add the word "XXENCODE" after the archive name, as:

     GET PRODINFO/WBLAZR.ZOO XXENCODE


  - A listing of all INFO files may be retrieved by sending an e-mail
    message to the mail-server containing:

        INFO INDEX


 - For more detailed help on using the mail-server, send e-mail to:

        mail-server@questor.wimsey.bc.ca

and include in the BODY of your messgage,  the word:   HELP on a line by
itself.


SHIPPING INFO:
               -  Modems for customers in the USA and anywhere outside
                  of Canada will be shipped from the state of Washington.
               -  Canadians will have modems shipped from Vancouver, B.C.

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       Steve Pershing, System Administrator, The QUESTOR Project
  Offering FREE access to Sci, Med, & AIDS news, and more.  [also UUCP]
       on a ZyXEL-1496S v.42bis, v.32bis, v.33, up to 19,200bps.
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