Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pcrat!rick
From: rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: HST Package for USENET
Keywords: HST USENET
Message-ID: <705@pcrat.UUCP>
Date: 18 Mar 89 14:33:25 GMT
References: <18612@mcdchg.chi.il.us> <704@pcrat.UUCP> <491@visdc.UUCP>
Reply-To: rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
Organization: PC Research, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ
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In article <491@visdc.UUCP> jiii@visdc.UUCP (John E Van Deusen III) writes:
>In article I write:
>|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...
>
>The USR deal therefore costs $200 MORE than upgrading to the T2500, and
>you lose the ability to talk with PEP modems.

No, the HSR is still cheaper, because I'm talking about existing
Telebit owners.  You keep BOTH modems, the telebit for PEP, and
the HST for V.32.  All your uucp still goes thru the PEP modem.
The intangible, of course, is the value of the T2500 'software
platform'.  In my opinion, they haven't delivered on that
promise in the past, even for minor requests like real Hayes
compatible autobaud.

Now, I don't give a whit about V.32 at this point.  I only point
out the alternatives.  Healthy competition is good for all of
us end users.  The dual standard I'll buy into has FAX as one
of the standards.

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