Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Thanks, AT&T Message-ID: Date: 21 Nov 89 05:17:58 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 29 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 526, message 1 of 8 AT&T's successful "anti-dumping" suit has finally struck. This weekend, I installed my KX-T1232 as a residential PBX. One key item, the "doorphone", had yet to be obtained. Today, I discovered that there are no doorphones left in the known world. As soon as the ridiculous tariffs on Japanese telephone equipment were announced, shipments of Panasonic PBX components were halted. There will be no further shipments until next year, when the new plant (not located in Japan) begins operation. Now isn't that silly? AT&T, a multi-national corporation takes on Matsushita Electric, another multi-national corporation, because they claim that Matsushita's off-shore-made product unfairly competes with AT&T's off-shore-made product. AT&T claims dumping. However, the Panasonic PBXs are not sold in Japan, so how can AT&T claim that the pricing is below cost? What can they base that on? So here I, a frustrated user, sit until Matsushita can move things around to circumvent the silly new governmental restrictions. AT&T's historical contributions to telephony may be vast, but lately it seems that AT&T is more interested in protecting its investors at the general industry's expense. The long and the short of it is: If you want to get a Panasonic 308|616|1232, you had better grab fast, or you may be stuck with a Merlin. Trust me; you don't want that! And besides, you probably can't afford it. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !