Re: (PM) 3.8 Release Date Grumbling

Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com)
Wed, 28 Jan 1998 07:29:49 -0700

Buy an Ascend then.

My PM3's work flawlessly up to 52k connections.

On Tue, Jan 27, 1998 at 05:44:58PM -0600, Sonny wrote:
> Waiting for the "perfect" ComOS to come out is BS. They have K56 Flex
> revisions out right now that are incompatiable with PM3's and get 26,400
> connects to my LE products, but users can call down the street login to an
> Ascend .. (which gets updates every couple weeks) and they get 50,000, shit
> I call into my PM3's and get 42k connects call my competition and get 50k
> ;) What am I to do, tell my customers, look just because my PM3 reboots
> randomly, you drop carrier all the time, and you can only get 26,4 to 38.8
> on my services, it's all ok because LE wants to take 3 - 9 months to
> perfect the ComOS.
>
> Get serious, while LE takes it's time to keep its image looking good, it
> effects mine. For those that say "It's not happening to me, so I can wait,
> that's great, happy for ya, but it's happening to alot of other Pm3 owners,
> therefore, the concept of the perfect ComOS is just a dream, start
> releasing something that gets the modem speeds higher, no random reboots,
> and cuts down the drop carriers ;) I can give a shitless with additions and
> neat little extras, get the damn basics fixed first.
>
> For those that want to go off on Ascend and the every 2 week revision
> release, go for it, all I own at this point is LE PM3's, for now atleast, I
> have to upgrade with in the next couple weeks, the way it looks and feels,
> it won't be LE equiptment I'll be buying unless things change.
>
> Sonny Kupka
> Nothing But Net, Inc.
>
> At 04:56 PM 1/27/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >No offense to the author of the last statement below but I think it is
> >unproductive to complain about Livingston's stance on this. I do not want
> >them releasing 3.8 until it is ready because I don't need any more grief
> >than necessary. My guess is that the silent majority on this list
> >probably feels the same way.
> >
> >I think it best if everyone just exhibits some patience. I, for one, am
> >not particularly looking forward to spending several hours in the wee
> >hours upgrading software.
> >
> >MZ, Josh, Jon: please go down to engineering and see if they need
> >anything while they are working on 3.8. We'll take up a collection. :-)
> >
> >--
> >Ron Parker
> >Network Communications Specialist
> >Brazosport College
> >
> >
> >> >I personally believe that "when a product is ready to move on" (read:
> >> >solid, reliable and with all of the features you'd like to see) *is* a
> >> >pretty specific date. Would you want it at any *other* date? :-)
> >> >
> >>
> >> But it is just unfair to get everyone excited about the forthcoming and
> >> then just say, oh well, we don't know if this is happening this year or
> >> this century. Just sit there and wait.
> >
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