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From: david@infopro.UUCP (David Fiedler)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Direct modem line from USA to France?
Message-ID: <55@infopro.UUCP>
Date: 1 Aug 88 20:56:01 GMT
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Organization: Where the hell is Rescue, California?
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> In article <7752@cup.portal.com>, David@cup.portal.com wrote:
> [..] Because the
> Trailblazer is quite definitely a non-standard product which only talks to
> other Trailblazers (excepting at 1200bps or whatever).  When and if there
> are a dozen vendors making modems that work with the Trailblazer at high
> speed, then I'll buy it.
> 
One reason we bought a Telebit is that it is software-based.  When and 
if the V.32 standard comes out, Telebit will simply sell upgrade ROMs at 
a reasonable price.  If you have a hardware-based modem, you would have 
to throw it out at that point.

The Telebit is also a de facto standard in the UNIX market at this point.
If you're a PC user and want the cheapest possible high-speed modem, maybe
something else makes sense -- but not if you're talking about UNIX.

Why buy anything? Just wait 5 years for ISDN. Then all you have to do is
get enough money to pay for the monthly connect charges...
-- 
David Fiedler {ames,attmail,hoptoad,pyramid,spl1,ucdavis}!infopro!david
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