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F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote

> I posed this question on whirlpool

> It seems TPG uses a netcom N300 modem, I can not find a good word said 
> about them, they are widely disparaged (on whirlpool etc), they have been 
> using NF7 but seem to have changed to NF12 is this better ?

> If the N300 NF7 is such a dog (as everyone seems to claim) why would a big 
> company like TPG persist with them?

Because hardly any of their customers can work out how well they
perform, particularly on the wifi side, and they get them very cheap
which allows them to look good when they include them for free.

> I can not seem to find any independent Reviews on the N300 NF12
> Why have their been so many bad reports on the TPG N300s when there does 
> not seem to be the same about other providers modems?

Because they are so bad. People mostly start howling about complete duds.

> And got this one helpful reply with loads of viewers.Useful, Whirlpool is 
> not it?

> If the N300 NF7 is such a dog (as everyone seems to claim) why would a big 
> company like TPG persist with them?

> Probably because they are cheap.

> Why have their been so many bad reports on the TPG N300s when there does 
> not seem to be the same about other providers modems?

> It depends on the brand/model. If any other providers have the same 
> brand/model then I'm sure they would also have similar problems, but 
> because TPG is a bigger company you would hear more about it.

Yeah, you will always get more people howling
with duds that gets supplied in higher volumes. 

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