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From: jeffw@sting.uucp (Jeff Wallace)
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Subject: Re: Questions about purchasing a modem.
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Date: 8 Feb 89 08:58:55 GMT
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In article <22851@mirror.UUCP> mguyott@prism.TMC.COM (Marc Guyott) writes:
>
>Has anyone done business with:
>
>                  Priority 1 Electronics
>                  21622 Plummer St.
>                  Chatsworth, CA  91311
>
>If you have, what did you think of them?  This is the company that is
>enclosing a brief catalogue with each issue of BYTE magazine.
>
>I am asking because I am considering purchasing a "ZIPPER+" modem from them.
>This is a 2400 buad modem for $129.99 ($159.99 with lifetime warranty).  They
>claim to be HAYES compatible and this sounds like a really good price to me.
>Has anyone purchased one of these modems?  Are there any other brands out
>there for a reasonable price (under $250.00) that anyone would highly
>recommend?

From personal experience, I'd have to say that Priority 1 is not
the swiftest bunch of guys in the computer business.  A client of
mine signed up for a training course for PC Excel that Priority 1
was offering.  He showed up and waited 30 minutes for the 
"instructor" to arrive.  The instructor discovered that Excel had
not been installed on the PCs and they only had 3-1/2" disks around
the office.  Priority also misspelled both his name and his address
on his registration.  Basically, I'm not sure I'd trust them to do
anything technical since they seem to be incapable of handling
simpler tasks.

In the world of fairly inexpensive 2400 baud modems, I recommend
Practical Peripherals.  Comes with 5-year warrantee.  I've had no
trouble with the three that I've purchased/recommended over the
last two years.  They are Hayes-compatible, good quality modems.
Not quite as cheap though.  I believe they list for $199.




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