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From: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Telebit costs more than USR
Summary: There's a good reason...
Message-ID: <502@octopus.UUCP>
Date: 27 Feb 89 18:15:24 GMT
References: <1224@esunix.UUCP> <458@aablue.UUCP>
Reply-To: pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann)
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Organization: Octopus Enterprises, Cupertino CA
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In article <458@aablue.UUCP> kevin@aablue.UUCP (Kevin Benton) writes:
>Reguarding the exorbatant price for the upgrade of the TB+, I do think the
>$795 is VERY unfair, especially since I can go get the U.S.R. at Dealer cost.
>I don't seem to understand why Telebit charges soooooooo much for their modems
>in a market where, by far, they're the highest priced modem that I know of at
>that speed.   Rather obviously, almost twice that of the USR!

Wait a sec- you can get a T1000 modem for $795 list. Not twice the USR.

There's a good reason why the TB+ is more expensive than the USR. It does
a lot more! The USR can't hold a candle to the TB+ on precompressed data,
on low quality phone lines, on protocol support, on upgradeability (even
if the TB can't be PROM-upgraded to V.32, many other things *have* been
added over time w/ PROM upgrades!), on connectability to a variety of
hosts, etc etc etc.

The USR is sufficient for many peoples' needs. The TB+ is the only thing
that will do the job in many other situations, however!

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