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- From: rsj@wa4mei (Randy Jarrett)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Telebit prices vs. Hayes prices
- Message-ID: <1992Jul25.015347.1709@wa4mei>
- Date: 25 Jul 92 01:53:47 GMT
- References: <Brp6vG.GtL@jwt.UUCP> <1992Jul22.222755.17594@fasttech.uucp>
- Organization: Amateur Radio Gateway WA4MEI, Chamblee, GA
- Lines: 23
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- In <1992Jul22.222755.17594@fasttech.uucp> zeke@fasttech.uucp (Bohdan Tashchuk) writes:
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- >In article <Brp6vG.GtL@jwt.UUCP> john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples) writes:
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- >If only Telebit could save enough money by using TIES that I could buy a
- >Telebit V32bis modem (eg T3000) for less money than I can buy a Hayes V32bis
- >modem (eg OPTIMA 144).
-
- >Still, at least ONE PERSON at Telebit took Marketing 101. PC Magazine just made
- >the QBlazer modem Editor's Choice. SOMEONE made the intelligent decision that,
- >given this free publicity, they might be able to sell thousands of modems at
- >$299, rather than dozens at the "list" price of $599. (Probably alienates their
- >remaining dealer network yet again, though.)
-
- Or is this price drop because they want to get rid of their inventory
- prior to announcing a new version with v.32bis ??? Maybe a "Qblazer Plus"??
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-
- Randy
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