Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Fri, 3 May 1991 01:00:16 GMT From: Jim W Lai Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Japan and Modems Message-ID: Organization: University of Waterloo Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 332, Message 8 of 13 Lines: 6 Looking through the ads of a Japanese computer magazine, I was puzzled by the high cost of modems compared with North America. No US brands were for sale. Can anyone explain the nature of this situation? I also noticed the Japanese modem brands were not sold in the US either.