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From: rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: HST Package for USENET
Keywords: HST USENET
Message-ID: <704@pcrat.UUCP>
Date: 16 Mar 89 04:00:35 GMT
References: <18612@mcdchg.chi.il.us>
Reply-To: rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
Organization: PC Research, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ
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In article <18612@mcdchg.chi.il.us> kowals@studsys.mu.edu (kowalski) writes:
>
>U.S. Robotics-- the leader in high speed modems to the sysop community--
>is offering USENET nodes the fully CCITT V.32 compatible, Courier Dual
>Standard high speed modem for only $699.  A savings of $900 off the list

Looks like this is the cheaper way for Telebit users to up/down-grade to V.32.
$100 less than up/down-grading a Plus to a T2500, unless you bought recently.
Of course, the T2500 is a software platform -- who knows what improvements
Telebit will or won't offer to the T2500, and at what price?

But can you believe USR still pushing the 30,000 BPS claim?
Come on guys, get real, and learn a little about how your
(potential) customers really move their data.  Even the 'board'
users are moving (pre-compressed) .ARCs that the 'sysops'
provide.  Here on the Usenet we move (LZW pre-compressed) .Zs
from 'site' to 'site', according to the configuration set up
by the 'system or news administrator'.  Sysops? we don't need
no stinkin' sysops -- we're an anarchy (modulo a few net-gurus).
-- 
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