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From: mrm@sceard.UUCP (M.R.Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Which is best?
Message-ID: <845@sceard.UUCP>
Date: 1 Nov 88 23:17:15 GMT
References: <9515@conexch.UUCP> <1125@vsi1.UUCP> <299@telebit.UUCP> <10711@cup.portal.com>
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In article <10711@cup.portal.com> David@cup.portal.com (David Michael McCord) writes:
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|I don't know why this conference isn't named comp.dcom.telebit-lovers.  It 
|ought to be.
Well, comp.dcom.telebit-admirerers, anyhow :-)
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|To dredge up my old opinions on the topic, neither the USR or the Telebit is 
|worth a damn when it comes to global networking, or when supporting most 
|real-world communications applications (SNA/SDLC, X.25, etc.).  The Telebit 
|product does not even support synchronous transmission, not to mention the 
Yeah, it does. At least some of 'em do.
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|appreciate exposure to points of view not so parochial.  It would be easy for 
Parochial, who's parochial?
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|There are some very serious reasons why, if you invest in Telebit or USR, you 
|are throwing your money away.
It's not an investment, it's a tool to be used until a better tool comes along.
|
|Speaking as a data and voice telecommunications professional with many years 
|of experience and the salary to back it up, I say that V.32 modems are going 
Wow.
|to smash the vendor-proprietary types in the marketplace within a year.  Why?  
|Because any large corporation using modern networking (eg, SNA/SDLC, X.25, 
And we all know that large corporations with high-paid telecommunications
professionals are the only arbiters...
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|etc.) is buying V.32, not Telebit or USR.  And these are the customers 
|telecomm manufacturing vendors pay attention to.  Consequently, if you invest 
|in V.32, you are still going to be able to use it five years from now; long 
|after the HST and Telebit schemes fade away and disappear due to lack of 
|market support.
NBL. And again, it's not an investment.
|
|The USENET community has done itself a disservice to let itself fall into the 
|trap it is now in.  It should be fun to watch as you netadmin types have to 
|replace your equipment with new modems, be they V.32 or whatever PEP 
|variation is officially adopted by the CCITT (hint: it will not be compatible 
|with your current Trailblazers).  I am glad I am not going to have to stand 
|up in front of my managers and ask for more money to redress my past bad 
|decisions.
I make bad decisions frequently; then I try to learn from them.
|
|It's your choice.
Thank you.
|
|
|David@cup.portal.com
Why a post from portal rather than from a large corporation:-)
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