RE: "Dubious" marketing...

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>]

I saw this myself..

they have some nonsense chart on the back, showing the frequency response
of
the cable, showing that this cable is good all the way to 200Mhz,
whereas
"normal" modem cables are only good to about 10Mhz.

Never mentioning of course that a modem connection never even breaks
past
100Khz.

*REAL* dodgy marketing, and liable to lead to *serious* dissapointment.

especially for those of us who are *still* stuck in the desert after
BT's
new system goes live.

We got "We are sorry but this exchange is not in the current review
process.
The size of your exchange indicates that ADSL may not be viable"
so
basically, nothing has changed.
We still have no information.

Ian.


-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 30 June 2002 13:18
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] "Dubious" marketing...



OK ... Been "browsing" today and saw something that I just
thought was
absolutely outrageous!

I have a reasonable respect for Belkin products ... They're usually
well
built, the hardware is reliable and the software that comes with them
is
stable - I tend to regard them in the same light as Adaptec in that if
I'm knocking together a machine for someone and I don't want any hassle
then I would grab a Belkin product in the same way that I would grab an
Adaptec product over a "no-name" brand.

However I saw a replacement RJ11 to BT plug cable from Belkin today
which had the "sales" pitch of "Up to 10 times faster than
normal phone
cables" ... How the hell can they claim that? What *possible*
justification can they have for making that kind of statement?

Phil



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