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by kstrauser 893 days ago
Ouch, LOL! There were so many tech support calls about such things. "I paid a good $30 for this new 56k modem, and I still can't download more than 2KBps when the screen saver kicks in. You guys suck!" "Did you get that from the shelf next to the $200 USR modems?" "I did. Those are rip-offs!" "Mmm-hmm."