[comp.dcom.modems] FASTCOMM cheap 9600

pac@munsell.UUCP (Paul Czarnecki) (11/25/86)

A friend of mine found this on a BB somewhere.  Does anybody have any
experiece with this and UUCP?  It sounds really good.  I've tried to
trim a lot of the hype away from it.  I have removed the phone number
so it isn't too commercial.  Send me mail if you want it.  And no, I
don't work for them either

My friend called FASTCOMM and they seemed willing to sell him one at
the regular price of $1100, but they were unable to tell him the
number of a BB that had them at the cheaper price.  He didn't know
what protocol it's 9600 baud was, nor if whne it degraded to 2400 baud
was it V.22 compatible.

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EVI/Fastcomm Data Corp. will sell to you as the authorized SYSOP of
your Bulletin Board, FASTCOMM 2496 Modems for a one time special price
of $500.00 each. You can have an "All Speeds In One Modem" (300 to
9600 bps) for below the industry price of a 2400.

WE WILL ALSO......

1] ......Sell our "All Speeds in One" FASTCOMM 2496 Modem to your
Bulletin Board (BB) users at a price of $700.00.

2] ......Add you to the list of Bulletin Boards supporting FASTCOMM
Modem capability.  [...]

WHAT DO WE REQUEST IN RETURN?.........

[...blather about helping our marketing in exhange for cheap modems..]

1]......that you dedicate a port to the FASTCOMM 2496 [...]

2] As users sign-on to your BB they see a "grabber" message
[..describing the ad they would see, with an example..]

3] As users sign-on to your BB via the FASTCOMM Modem they need to be
notified that they are communicating with a FASTCOMM Modem.

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Anybody out there have one?

					pZ
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