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- From: Henry Senk
- To: All Msg #33, 21-Sep-88 02:31pm
- Subject: USR's stance on the HST
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- Future Looks Brighter Than Ever
- for Courier HST Modem
- .
- by Casey Cowell
- President, U.S. Robotics, Inc.
- .
- In little more than a year, U.S. Robotics' Courier HST modem
- has established itself as the price/performance value leader
- among high-speed modems.
- Courier HST is a success today because it delivered on
- its very straightforward promise -- to radically improve dial-up
- data communications by using the best ideas and most affordable
- mix of technology.
- And it will be a success tomorrow as it evolves to meet ever-
- growing demands for power, speed, reliability, economy and ease
- of use.
- Courier HST's success must be framed in the context of a
- marketplace rife with unsubstantiated product claims, announced-
- but-undelivered products, a variety of incompatibility problems
- and very unstable pricing.
- As the smoke finally begins to clear, Courier HST
- emerges as the strongest "proprietary" product in the high-speed
- modem market, with tens-of-thousands of highly satisfied users
- and a litany of praise from oft-skeptical industry observers and
- product reviewers.
- Even PC Week, last of the nay-sayers on proprietary high-speed
- modems, admits the Courier HST is "here to stay." Courier HST
- occupies the leading edge of a revolution in modem design that
- has simply outpaced the formal standards process.
- The standards-setting community (CCITT) is slow to
- confer formal recognition upon new technology. For example,
- CCITT's V.29 and V.32 recommendations pre-date the market for
- high-speed personal computer modems. Consequently, for many
- applications, V.29 and V.32 modems deliver too little or too much
- technology. But Courier HST was conceived specifically for the
- PC marketplace, with a combination of features, performance and
- price that have made it a winner.
- We continue working within the U.S. modem standards committee
- on a new, asymmetrical modem standard that will be submitted in
- early 1989 for CCITT consideration. If approved, the new
- recommendation (V.34) would establish Courier HST as a world
- standard.
- Formal recognition notwithstanding, we remain totally committed
- to supporting and further developing our Courier HST technology
- throughout the remaining lifetime of the analog telephone network
- (which will almost certainly survive through the turn of the
- century).
- In addition, all future versions -- regardless of improvements
- and possible supplementary modulation techniques -- will offer
- high-speed compatibility with all previous Courier HST models.
- For more than a decade, modem users have looked to U.S.
- Robotics for the best solutions to their data commuications
- needs. And for more than a decade, we've met their needs for
- productivity, reliability, compatibility, service and value. We
- pledge to continue our tradition of excellence as we meet the
- challenges and changes of a dynamic marketplace.
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- * Origin: Sit Ubu Sit (Opus 1:115/500)
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