Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!bucsf.bu.edu!eggbert From: eggbert@bucsf.bu.edu (Eugene Wang) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: USR V.32BIS Trade in Message-ID: Date: 16 Jan 91 04:02:52 GMT References: <6767@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> <89491@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: Boston University Lines: 20 In-reply-to: casey@gauss.llnl.gov's message of 15 Jan 91 20:16:34 GMT > | From: km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg) > | > | US Robotics is advertising a deal allowing you trade in any manufacturer's > | high speed modem plus $545 for their new V.32BIS modem. > This has got to be one of the worst deals I've ever heard of if true. > $545 for a trade in???? I can buy a new V.32 modem for about that price > and still keep my old modem. And I'm sure that V.32bis modems will also > soon be in that price range as soon as a couple more vendors announce > product. Is this trade-in for their Dual Standard or their Courier modem? If it is the Courier, then it is definitely not a good deal since I have seen the new Courier with V.32bis on sale for around $650. -- Eugene Wang eggbert@bucsf.bu.edu