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From: pfh@pai.UUCP (Peter Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Bandwagon not Bandwidth
Keywords: modem prices limit high speeds
Message-ID: <233@pai.UUCP>
Date: 14 Oct 88 22:04:48 GMT
References: <752@imtec.co.uk>
Organization: Prime Automation, Inc., Burnsville, MN
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In article <752@imtec.co.uk>, russell@imtec.co.uk (Russell Brown) writes:
> devices like trailblazers (also sold by Dowty) retail at around the
> #1395 mark ($2300).

When we bought ours, the Trailblazer Plus listed for US$1345, quantity one.
I think that's still the US price.

I worked at one UK computer site where I heard that US manufacturers
adjust their prices for the UK by replacing the dollar sign with a pound
sign.  I thought it was a joke but I have seen several examples since then.
Coincidence, of course.

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