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From: logic@wet.UUCP (Henry Kwan)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: V.32bis and V.17 approved by CCITT
Message-ID: <2239@wet.UUCP>
Date: 20 Mar 91 07:56:04 GMT
References: <1991Mar11.231226.17795@panix.uucp> <3852.27de1c60@hayes.uucp> <1991Mar17.220044.10341@larouch.uucp>
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In article <1991Mar17.220044.10341@larouch.uucp> jparnas@larouch.uucp (Jacob Parnas) writes:
]
]My point is that I think that if Hayes would be doing itself and the
]modem buying public a big service if it would be more aggressive in
]trying to get fast modems out the door faster like US Robotics has.
]Please understand that going with your modem vendor when it lags behind
]agressive vendors would mean money out of our pockets, higher frustration
]levels (due to the slower modem) and lower productivity for many
]months.
]
] [lots of stuff deleted]
]

All this talk about Hayes being neither the first nor the best is fine and
dandy but I think it ignores a basic premise.  Hayes is still dominant in
the modem world.  I'm sure Toby can give more concrete figures but from the
surveys I've seen, Hayes has the lion's share of the high-speed dialup modem
market.  Both US Robotics and Telebit are small players compared to Hayes.
Hayes must be doing something right if they have a slice of pie that
big compared to everyone else.

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