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From: gandrews@netcom.COM (Greg Andrews)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Telebit Announcement of V.32 bis for T-1600
Summary: Upgrade concerns
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.042541.3928@netcom.COM>
Date: 25 Jun 91 04:25:41 GMT
References: <1991Jun23.174109.2978@shaman.com> <1991Jun24.014347.5895@netcom.COM> <1991Jun24.045215.12967@morrow.stanford.edu>
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In article <1991Jun24.045215.12967@morrow.stanford.edu> hartzell@sumex-aim.Stanford.EDU (George Hartzell) writes:
>
>And after seven months they expect me (actually, mine are about 2
>months old) to make an investment of more than half the cost of the
>new modem to upgrade it to a standard that was finished when I
>purchased the modem.  If all that it takes is a firmware upgrade, then
>I don't appreciate being gouged for my brand loyalty (that's what I
>get for not switching brands to "that other modem company" who has had
>a V.32bis modem out for a while now).  If it takes new hardware, then
>why wasn't someone watching the shop while V.32bis was being developed
>(surely someone was paying attention, no?)?
>

I wish I could explain the reasoning behind the upgrade, but as I said 
before, I simply don't have any more details besides those given in the
announcement.  I don't know whether it's going to be merely a new set of 
chips or a trade-in to a new modem.

>
>Can someone from Telebit explain what we are getting for our $$$?
>

I hope that you got a V.32/MNP5/V.42bis modem with 38400 bps support at
a price competitive with similar brands?  

>
>Those of us who purchased T1600's new damn well that V.32bis was coming 
>*soon* and trusted Telebit to give us an easy, reasonably priced upgrade 
>path.
>

Given the info that we actually have about the upgrade (it will exist and 
it will cost about $250), are you saying that it's not easy or reasonably 
priced?


>George Hartzell   email: hartzell@sumex-aim.Stanford.EDU

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