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From: al@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Al Peterman)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Compucom 9600 Speed Experiences
Message-ID: <1991Mar13.214136.15960@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
Date: 13 Mar 91 21:41:36 GMT
References: <9103130804.AA01002@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: SCN Research/QIC Laboratories of Tigard Oregon
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In article <9103130804.AA01002@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> CHARLIE@UMVMA.BITNET (Charlie Turner) writes:
>Let's assume that modem prices, for some specific product capability
>like V.32, will halve every five years. That time frame seems about
>right based upon the price I paid for a plain 2400 speed modem back
>in '86, ie. the same manufacturer's product then and now. At that rate
>it will be over five years before a V.32 modem costs under $200.

I doubt that the price for V.32 will hold above $200 for more than 1 year
or so.  I suspect you will see discounted 9600 V.32 in 1992..I know this
means my modem will depreciate $300 in less than 2 years - but then the
1 hour a day it saves me will be 700 hours by then - and I guess I can
justify saving my time for under a buck an hour..

I justified the $800 to upgrade my display system on the basis that my
eyesight is worth a bit also...

-- 
Alan L. Peterman                                   (503)-684-1984 hm
                       al@qiclab.scn.rain.com
It's odd how as I get older, the days are longer, but the years are shorter!