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From: garvey@johnny5.uucp (Joe Garvey)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Dowty vs Trailblazer
Message-ID: <1991Feb16.205454.21893@johnny5.uucp>
Date: 16 Feb 91 20:54:54 GMT
References: <1991Feb11.162658.20202@tabbs.UUCP> <1991Feb15.092120.28925@micromuse.co.uk>
Organization: J5 Research -- Bothell, Wa.
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> Wrong words - sick would be closer. You could (if it were not for BABT
> approval problems) bring them in at almost retail and still make a
> sick margin to beat Dowty on price. Off the top of my head - they now
> have the T2500 equivalent available at 1400 pounds (about $US 2800 now
> !). That's sick.

I'm sorry, I don't beleive this. 1400 pounds cannot equal 2800 US dollars.
I don't have the financial section handy, but ...

That would mean  1 pound = .5 US dollar. Last I remember it was more
like 1 dollar = 1.35 pounds (I can actual remember a time when it was over
2 pounds to the dollar). Assuming I'm some where in the ball park (+/- 30
cents)... Then 1400 pounds ~= 1037 US dollars.

This is about what you'd pay in the US... though it's below list price
from Telebit (last time *I* asked), it's slightly above what the market
price is. Considering transport to the UK from Sunnyvale California, then
it might be reasonable.

Question: Is it 100 pence to a pound? What fraction is a quid (sp?)?


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Joe Garvey                       uucp: sumax!ole!johnny5!garvey
J5 Research                      registration has been sent in, though we're
Bothell, Wa.                     not in the maps yet.