Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!purdue!haven!umbc3!cbw1!brian From: brian@cbw1.UUCP (Brian Cuthie) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Which is best? Message-ID: <111@cbw1.UUCP> Date: 3 Nov 88 16:34:14 GMT References: Reply-To: brian@cbw1.UMD.EDU (Brian Cuthie) Organization: CBW, Columbia, MD 21046 Lines: 30 In article W8SDZ@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) writes: >There has been a lot of talk about Telebit and USR HST modems becoming >obsolete when the new CCITT standard is adopted. > >In my opinion it is not a poor business choice to purchase whatever >high speed technology is now available IF you save enough on telephone >connect charges to pay for the modems. > [lot's of supporting argument deleted] There is an even simpler argument for buying Telebit TB+s now. It goes like this: Since the current cost of a V.32 modem is > $1500 and a TB+ can be had for as little as $600 the real question is: do you think the cost of V.32 will fall by more than $600 in the next year. If the answer is yes, then you could own a TB+ now and a v.32 in one year (when somebody on the other end has them anyway) and still spend LESS money than if you bought a V.32 now. Couple this argument with the fact that a LARGE majority of uucp sites currently have TB+ modems and you see that buying a V.32 now is just a good way to spend unecessary $$. -brian -- Brian D. Cuthie uunet!umbc3!cbw1!brian Columbia, MD brian@umbc3.umd.edu