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From: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Courier HST rebuttal
Keywords: HST BLAZER
Message-ID: <494@octopus.UUCP>
Date: 23 Feb 89 23:49:53 GMT
References: <415@studsys.mu.edu> <3004@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <4077@alvin.mcnc.org>
Reply-To: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann)
Organization: Octopus Enterprises, Cupertino CA
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In article <4077@alvin.mcnc.org> felstein@mcnc.org.UUCP (Bruce M. Felstein) writes:
>There is
>now an HST that is FULL V.32 and HST. This will be available to the public
 ^^^
>within the next several months.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Let's all learn to compare apples with apples, especially when dealing with
marketing hype. 'now' == 'announced'. Availability is 'sometime in the not-
too-distant future'. NEVER compare announced future products with currently
shipping (or worse - old versions of) competing technologies. It just doesn't
tell you anything useful.

>It is, in fact, faster than the Trailblazer.
>How much faster, I'm not at liberty to say.  Also, the cost is much less than
>the Trailblazer. 

'the Trailblazer'. Which one? The original? The T1000 that you can buy for
under $600? (795 list, or something like that)... how about the T2000 we've
been hearing about? Or the 'new' one that has V.32, 28Kbps (uncompressed)
PEP throughput, plus a kitchen sink full of other stuff that USR hasn't
announced. This 'new' telebit will also be available to the public 'within
the next several months'.

I'm sorry, but in the Unix marketplace, to compare apples with apples, in
a useful way, you've got to compare:

	- uucp based
	- compressed news batch transfers
	- on a variety of machines
	- optional in some cases: (1) compatibility with lots of normal
		1200/2400 modems, with or without MNP... and (2) ability
		to do well over poor quality links.

Under these conditions, the current telebit solutions (TB+ and T1000) beat
the HST/ix all over the place. The returns can't possibly be in yet on
announced but unshipped products from both companies. Clearly, USR will
give TB a run for their money in the next round, but *both* companies are
upping the ante a lot.

It's fun to watch!

Now, which one will be first to add FAX to their new modem 1/2 :-)?

Pete


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