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From: root@zswamp.fidonet.org (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: PEP vs. v.32
Message-ID: <7020.27E05526@zswamp.fidonet.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 11:51:11 EST
Organization: Izot's Swamp BBS - Kitchener, Ontario

George Robbins (grr@cbmvax.commodore.com ) wrote:

 >They've "wasted" their time on the T1000 (competitive 
 >pricing), T2500 (V.32),
 >Cellblazer (chance to corner a market), Netblazer 
 >(ditto?)...

   I don't begrudge them the development of the T2500, Cellbalzer or 
Netblazer... they've got to make inroads into other markets because, frankly, 
the general purpose dialup market for PEP will probably die out.

   The T1000 *was* a waste of time.  I believe that multicarrier modems are 
inherently more expensive to develop and build than single-carrier, and that 
the feature cutting on the 1000 makes it a less powerful brother to an already 
niche-oriented product.

   They'd have done much better working on increasing volume and cutting costs 
on the TB+.

 > Much as I'd like to see improvements to the basic 
 >technology, I think it's
 >up to the company to decide how to budget their R&D 
 >resources between basic
 >technology and broadening the product base.  In the real 
 >world, it isn't
 >always possible to apply maximum effort on multiple fronts 
 >and Telebit is not the worlds largest modem company.

 ... nor will they ever be.  I can't help but wonder how long a future the 
company has in manufacturing dialup modems.
 

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