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From: jparnas@larouch.uucp (Jacob Parnas)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: V.32bis and V.17 approved by CCITT
Message-ID: <1991Mar23.213834.1896@larouch.uucp>
Date: 23 Mar 91 21:38:34 GMT
References: <1991Mar11.231226.17795@panix.uucp> <3852.27de1c60@hayes.uucp> <1991Mar17.220044.10341@larouch.uucp> <2239@wet.UUCP>
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In article <2239@wet.UUCP>, logic@wet.UUCP (Henry Kwan) writes:
|> 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.
|> 
|> -- 
|> Henry Kwan                |  AppleLink: FWB [] CompuServe: 71320,1034

I don't know the breakdown of sales of modem by manufacturer.  But I don't
think it matters.  Just because a vendor is sucessful doesn't mean it has
the best modem.  I, and my guess is many other modem buyers, select a modem
on its speed, features, quality and price, not its success in the marketplace.
Sometimes success in the marketplace is because of value, like Telebits used
to enjoy in the unix UUCP marketplace.  Other times it is because of name
recognition or lack of research into all options.

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