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- From: aaron@eng.umd.edu (Aaron Falk)
- Subject: Re: Open market versus monopoly, was Re: Obtaining ISDN
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.201947.23814@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 20:19:47 GMT
- Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity von Uniland, College Park
- References: <1992Nov13.154757.28389@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <1992Nov16.235427.11813@advtech.uswest.com> <1992Nov17.145659.5823@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <1992Nov17.160614.10428@telebit.com>
- Originator: aaron@ether.src.umd.edu
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- In article <1992Nov17.160614.10428@telebit.com>, bjork@telebit.com (Steven Bjork) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov17.145659.5823@bmerh85.bnr.ca>,
- > coghlan@bnr.ca (Patrick Coghlan) writes:
- >
- >>You need a NT1 and a terminal adapter or ISDN card for your PC. You
- >>can get both for around $1000 today. I paid $3000 for an original IBM
- >>PC with 16K memory and no disk drives in 1983. I can get a 386 for
- >>around $1000 today. Would you care to guess what it will cost to have
- >>ISDN in a few years?
- >
- >More than it costs today (no smiley).
- >
- >Your PC clone is the result of an *open market* and competition.
- >
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- There is, however, competition in the TA market. I am a graduate student
- working on the the S/W protocol for an IBM PC TA card for BRI access that
- will sell for between $89 and $200 depending on whether you want D, B, or
- 2B +D, or all the above and CODEC capabilities. It probably won't be done
- until next summer but the hardware exists.
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- With the CODEC your PC functions as your complete TA and becomes an ISDN
- "phone".
-
- So just stick around, the prices will come down eventually.
-
- Aaron
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