Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 12:10:19 +0100 From: Ernst de Haan <that-great-guy@jollem.com> To: Bert Driehuis <driehuis@playbeing.org> Cc: freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: don't buy teles! Message-ID: <386C8F1B.C605B170@jollem.com> References: <Pine.BSI.4.10.9912310025390.11675-100000@c1111.nl.compuware.com>
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Hi all, Well, I've got a problem with my Teles 16.0/3. Doesn't work _at_all_, though it is recognized at startup. May be a hardware problem. If any1 of the hardcore hardware hackers is interested in debugging this thing, I'd be happy to provide it. Ernst Bert Driehuis wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, David Wetzel wrote: > > > do you remember my binary/bigfile problems with all i4b versions until now? > > > > I just moved my computer to an 19" case and replaced the old teles with a > > new AVM PCI Fritz! card. > > > > The good news: The answering machine still works, small files too AND even > > big ones! > > Sigh... Whatever happened to good old activism? Of course one shouldn't > but Teles, but not for technical reasons. Their attitude towards customers > sucks. I've bought a number of their cards. Their Windows drivers caused > blue screens whilst using the V.120 driver (which is not a problem, if it > weren't for the following). Support inquiries remain unanswered. Upgrades > to their Offline Powerpacks require payment, even if they are just bug > fixes. Heck, I bought a new card because the card including the update > was cheaper than the update alone. And the upgrades don't fix the blue > screens (probably because my problem reports never reached the engineers). > > I don't mind paying for software. I do mind paying for applications I > don't need. I do mind paying for plain bug fixes. I do mind being offered > free downloads of fixes that come with a statement that they cripple the > software I payed for. Actually, I do mind paying for drivers for > hardware. I don't like Teles. > > Phew. Venting can bring on relief at times! I promise I won't take out > broad and sweeping statements against any vendor for the rest of the > millenium[1]! > > Cheers, > -- Bert > P.S. Of course, I raised my concerns with the vendor. They're probably > running some weird e-mail system, because apparently these didn't reach > them either, despite the succesful delivery status from sendmail. > [1] With millenium, of course, defined as the zero based millenium that > both press and the majority of vendors cling on to, rather than the one > based millenium that will expire in 2001. Sigh. It really is unfortunate > that an artificial situation brought on by a mixture of computing design > errors and random incompetence can ruin many a hackers New Year's > celebration. Actually, today rather than tomorrow is the big Tape Erasing > Day, because infinity (99365) has been reached now! > > Bert Driehuis, MIS -- bert_driehuis@nl.compuware.com -- +31-20-3116119 > Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me to your .signature and help me spread! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message -- Ernst de Haan Freelance Java Architect "Come to me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message
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