Fair enough Brian - I wasnt alluding to you in particular, but I know what
the general opinion on DSE is :) And it was brought up so I thought id
offer a collary. (Sp)

At 18:38 3/05/01 +1200, Brian Gibbons wrote:
> >In rebuttal to comments made by other posters about the state of DSE's
> >inhouse product knowledge - Yes, in areas, its shocking. I should know :P
> >I was one of the 'resident experts' at a DSE store for nearly 4 years.
>
><snip>
>
>If by "other posters" you are refering to me, I have no experience of
>service levels at DSE, thus I can not comment. I am however familiar with
>the issues of keeping up with ever changing technology.
>
>What I offered was the opportunity for DSE to do some QC on the description
>of the Nokia Ni500 on the DSE web site, specifically whether this is a modem
>or router. Which would look better on the site:
>
>Nokia Ni500 external ADSL modem $391 inc GST.
> for single PC to connect to JetStream , Windows only
>
>Nokia Ni500 external ADSL router $391 inc GST.
> allows multiple PCs to share a single JetStream connection.
> Works with Windows, Mac, Linux etc.

Doesnt allow you to automatically share a single connection.

>If the later is true, this is may be a very cost effective solution. So back
>to the question, is this a modem or a router?

Its a router, being labelled as a modem.
Youre probably right, It should say router. However the point of the
advertisement is still the same.
DSE are generally more worried about things which could be construed as
false advertising - anyone who says that the fact it says 'modem' and not
'router' and is thereby advertised falsly is being a pedant :P

But yeah.. Greg.. you may wish to point it out to whoever does your Web
Site Content nowadays.

Mark.

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Received on Thu May 3 18:41:57 2001