Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!eda!jim
From: jim@eda.com (Jim Budler)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Which is best?
Message-ID: <262@eda.com>
Date: 4 Nov 88 16:32:54 GMT
References: <9515@conexch.UUCP> <1125@vsi1.UUCP> <299@telebit.UUCP> <10711@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: jim@eda.com (Jim Budler)
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In article <10711@cup.portal.com> David@cup.portal.com (David Michael McCord) writes:
%
%I don't know why this conference isn't named comp.dcom.telebit-lovers.  It 
%ought to be.
%
%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 
%disadvantages of getting yourself locked into a modem vendor's proprietary 
%modulation technique.

Wrong. Simple enough answer? Telebit TB+ revision 4.0 supports SDLC. Older
TB's can get ROM upgrades.

%
%Speaking as a data and voice telecommunications professional with many years 
%of experience and the salary to back it up,

That's nice for you. This entire obnoxious statement was unnecessary.

%                                            I say that V.32 modems are going 
%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, 
%etc.) is buying V.32, not Telebit or USR.  And these are the customers 

If X.25 were cheaper than phones in the US, like in Europe, I *might*
agree. But I think this whole argument is a clone of the old "any large
corporation is buying XXX, and who cares what the small companies do".
It may be news to many but there are a h**l of a lot more small companies
who need to communicate than there are large companies. So 30 large companies
each set up large communication networks, each buying hundreds of modems, and
or leased lines, and/or X.25 links. 30 times hundred adds up to 3000 each,
a significant number. 3600 smaller sites each buy 2, this adds up to 7200, also
a significant number.

%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.
%

Uh, I think my modem will last five years, and still work then. If
you modems are working, and communication is working, why change it? The
old 'newer toy' philosophy?

%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 

Why not? And even if not, that's what ROM swaps are for. I doubt Telebit
will have any trouble making the TB V.32 compliant if the standards really
go that way. It is after all just software controlled signal processing.

%up in front of my managers and ask for more money to redress my past bad 
%decisions.
%

If my modems last more than a year, and meet our communication needs for
that period of time, I wont have to worry about anything.

%It's your choice.

Yep.

%
%David@cup.portal.com


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