Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!looking!brad
From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Telebit T2500 and upgrade policy
Keywords: Ouch! High price for beating the December deadline.
Message-ID: <2818@looking.UUCP>
Date: 24 Feb 89 21:27:48 GMT
References: <1224@esunix.UUCP>
Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
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Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd.
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Before we flame, let's get the facts straight.

For example, we don't know that there isn't a hardware change involved
here, and that modems sold this year had the new hardware (but not the
software) and modems sold last year had the old harware.  That is
possible -- you should find out before you flame.

And finally, the fact that they sold their modems half price to usenauts
but don't intend to give the same upgrade price to the discount customers
is hardly something to complain about.  There is no free lunch here.

If the modem does V.32, I wonder if it can also do the V.32 subsets that
are used in some other 9600 bps modems like the Hayes.  What about the
courier?  If it could do V.32, the Hayes, the Courier (and if it can do
those it can probably do Fax, which is unidirectional v.32-like isn't it?)
then that might well be worth even $700 to upgrade.
-- 
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd.  --  Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473