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(The following was sent to registered Courier owners on March 18th. - Leslie)
GREAT NEWS!!! The new upgrade code for your Courier modems is days away from being available for download from the 3Com (formally U.S. Robotics) web site and we wanted you to be the first to know. The web site you will need to go to is http://totalservice.usr.com/56k/courier.html.
We expect to have the new code up on the web Monday March 23, 1998 and be shipping our brand new Courier V.90 56K products. Some additional information of note:
- All customers that have purchased native x2 capable Couriers or have upgraded their Couriers to x2 are eligible for FREE UPGRADES to the V.90 56K standard
- Customers with V.34 Couriers can upgrade to the V.90 56K standard for $60
- The new V.90 software is completely backward compatible with x2 so you can access servers running either code (or of course lower speed standards where appropriate)
- Our initial testing with V.90 has shown excellent performance (in many cases even better than x2)
- For those of you that also own Courier I-modems (the least expensive form factor for hosting 56K connections, in server mode) the new code should be available at that same web site FOR FREE, within a week or so.
- For those of you that are using International versions of the Courier products, the V.90 upgrade code should be available in early April for analog modems and later in April for Courier I-modems
Lastly, we at 3Com would like to thank you for your continued confidence in our products and want you to know that we will continue to work hard to earn that trust.
Daryle Brown
Manager, Global Product Marketing
PS Be on the lookout for a new 3Com product, OfficeConnect 56K LAN Modem . . . this is a multi-user (with integrated 4 port hub) V.90 router for small offices and technology advanced homes. Guaranteed to be the easiest to use product of it's type. And value priced (expected street price of less than $299).
