oovvoo@mixcom.COM (Mike Shawaluk) (06/08/91)
Please excuse me if this has already been discussed recently, but I was looking through the latest (June 25) issue of PC Magazine, and in an ad for MicroWAREHOUSE (a mail-order place), they list the above modem at a price of $455 (s/h is $7.00 Airborne Express, or $3.00 UPS ground). This seems like an incredible price for a true v.32bis 9600 bps modem; does anyone know more about it (i.e., seen a review, actually bought one, etc.?) Oh, and if you want to order one from these folks, their toll-free order # is (800) 367-7080, and the item # is MM0820. Thanks in advance. - Mike -- - Mike Shawaluk (oovvoo@mixcom.com) "It is a good day to live."
kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) (06/09/91)
In <947@mixcom.COM> oovvoo@mixcom.COM (Mike Shawaluk) writes: ... > they list the above modem at a price of >$455 (s/h is $7.00 Airborne Express, or $3.00 UPS ground). This seems like >an incredible price for a true v.32bis 9600 bps modem; I saw this, too. This must be a typo. There is no such thing as a v.32bis 9600 modem. (Also, there is also no such thing as a $455 v.32bis modem, but I wish there was). They must have meant a v.32/v.42bis modem. - Carl -- Carl Kadie -- kadie@cs.uiuc.edu -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
gix@MDI.COM (Brian Gix) (06/12/91)
In article <kadie.676402201@dante.cs.uiuc.edu> kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) writes: >In <947@mixcom.COM> oovvoo@mixcom.COM (Mike Shawaluk) writes: >... >> they list the above modem at a price of >>$455 (s/h is $7.00 Airborne Express, or $3.00 UPS ground). This seems like >>an incredible price for a true v.32bis 9600 bps modem; > >I saw this, too. This must be a typo. There is no such thing as a >v.32bis 9600 modem. (Also, there is also no such thing as a $455 >v.32bis modem, but I wish there was). > >They must have meant a v.32/v.42bis modem. If this was a typo, then more than one company made it... Mac products USA is advertising a virtually identical ad for a v.32/v.42 9600 baud modem for about the same price. 800-622-8721 > >- Carl >-- >Carl Kadie -- kadie@cs.uiuc.edu -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign --Brian Gix gix@mdi.com -- ================================================================================ | Brian Gix | gix@mdi.com gixb@jacobs.cs.orst.edu | | Motorola - MDD | gix@nwnexus.wa.com ...!uunet!mdisea!gix | | Bothell, WA 98011 USA | AmOnline: GIX Phone: (206) 487-5894 |
oovvoo@mixcom.COM (Mike Shawaluk) (06/12/91)
In <1991Jun11.204815.28021@MDI.COM> gix@MDI.COM (Brian Gix) writes: >In article <kadie.676402201@dante.cs.uiuc.edu> kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) writes: >>In <947@mixcom.COM> oovvoo@mixcom.COM (Mike Shawaluk) writes: >>... >>> they list the above modem at a price of >>>$455 (s/h is $7.00 Airborne Express, or $3.00 UPS ground). This seems like >>>an incredible price for a true v.32bis 9600 bps modem; >> >>I saw this, too. This must be a typo. There is no such thing as a >>v.32bis 9600 modem. (Also, there is also no such thing as a $455 >>v.32bis modem, but I wish there was). >> >>They must have meant a v.32/v.42bis modem. >If this was a typo, then more than one company made it... Mac products USA > is advertising a virtually identical ad for a v.32/v.42 9600 baud modem for > about the same price. As an additional followup to my original message, I called the dealer for the ZOOM v.32bis Turbo, and obtained the phone number for Zoom Telephonics, whom I then called to ask if it was v.32 or v.32bis. The person I spoke to assured me that it was indeed v.32bis, that it was a brand new product, and that the list price was $600, which would bear out a street price of $455.00. He also indicated that the modem had a 2 year parts & labor warantee, and that they offered a 30-day return policy, which he indicated that any authorized dealer should support. I'm seriously considering getting one & trying it out; if it truly works with other v.32bis modems, it's certainly a great price/performance combination. -- - Mike Shawaluk (oovvoo@mixcom.com) "It is a good day to live."
kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) (06/14/91)
>>>>an incredible price for a true v.32bis 9600 bps modem;
Isn't a v.32bis suppose to be faster than 9600 bps?
- Carl
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Carl Kadie -- kadie@cs.uiuc.edu -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign