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From: s142075@fred.ucdavis.edu (Brewski Rogers)
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Subject: Re: A 9600 baud modem for $169!!!
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Date: 11 Jun 91 16:43:52 GMT
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dan the man zerkle says:
>o There's a catch.  No, I don't know what the catch is.  However,
>  there must be some reason that this thing sells for a third of
>  the price of comparable equipment.  If the "standards" people
>  could have come up with something that offers the same perfformance
>  at a considerably lower cost, why didn't they?

Same reason people buy MACS: becuase they're stupid.

The catch is that they are non-standard and the company that makes
them is slow in delivering.

full-duplex 9600 bps is just about the dumbest thing I ever heard of.
Anyone who NEEDS to send AND receive at full speed (as opposed to
1 9600 bps and 1 450 bps channel) please respond. I'd be glad to hear
what all that extra technology is being used for.


-bruce