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From: pozar@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Pozar)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Haye's special offer to BBS sysops
Keywords: hayes trailblazer
Message-ID: <5521@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: 4 Oct 88 02:05:24 GMT
References: <71@csnz.nz> <389@westmark.UUCP>
Reply-To: pozar@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Pozar)
Organization: Syncstream/Widget Systems (San Francisco)
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In article <389@westmark.UUCP> dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson) writes:
>The reason the Telebit is a de facto standard is that the
>manufacturer offered it to UNIX system administrators at a very good
>price for a year or so.  It has become the de facto standard among
>UNIX systems (on the UUCP network).
>
>I think Hayes is trying to accomplish the same thing with users of
>MS-DOS that Telebit has accomplished in the UNIX community.  By
>offering it to BBS operators, they get the BBS's to advertise it. 
>This will sell it to BBS users, as they'll want to connect to the
>BBS at high speeds.
>
     A side note...
     USR offered a sysop deal for 2400 b/s modems for FidoNet
sysops.  When the HST came out they did the same thing.  Each
time they left Hayes in the dust by offering it first and for
slightly less.  In the states, the HST is the default 9600 b/s
modem in FidoNet.  Too bad.  I think the Telebit has a better
protocol.
	      Tim


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