Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Tue, 7 May 91 20:14:25 -0700 From: David Gast Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Japan and Modems Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest 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 347, Message 4 of 10 Lines: 17 > 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 know that U.S. made modems like telebits work in Japan because I have used them in Japan. You really should not decide what is available and/or what works based on who is advertizing in a particular magazine. It is also possible that some U.S. companies have sold the rights to market their modems in Japan to another compnay or that there are joint venture projects such as Fuji-Xerox that do not include the American name. Finally, you do not mention if you read Japanese, but if you don't it is possible that the Japanese in the ads would have explained the situation. At any rate, one can buy U.S. modems in Japan.