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- U.S. Robotics has lowered prices on its most popular WorldPort portable fax
- and data modems and its high-speed Sportster modems. The new price
- changes, which affect the WorldPort 2496 Fax/Data modem, the WorldPort
- 9600 modem and all Sportster 9600 modems, are effective immediately.
-
- "We are committed to offering customers the best value in the expanding
- 9600 bps modem market," said Marshall Toplansky, U.S. Robotics vice
- president of marketing. "We are seeing 9600 bps modems and data/fax modems
- gain tremendous momentum as the corporate and home office standard. The
- price decreases make these value-added products more affordable."
-
- Pricing:
- Previous New
- Product Form Factor List Price List Price
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- WorldPort
- 2496 Fax/Data External/Portable $ 499 $ 379
- WorldPort 9600 External/Portable $ 699 $ 559
- Sportster 9600 External $ 649 $ 549
- Sportster 9600/PC Internal $ 595 $ 495
- Sportster 9600
- VARpack5 Internal (5 modems) $2595 $2179
-
- The WorldPort 2496 Fax/Data modem supports the CCITT V.42/V.42bis protocols
- for error control and data compression. The modem has a 9600 bps fax
- channel and a 2400 bps data channel, capable of a maximum theoretical
- throughput level of 9600 bps with compression. The WorldPort 9600 is a
- 9600 bps CCITT V.32 modem with MNP 5 data compression, raising the
- theoretical throughput level to 19,200 bps. All WorldPort modems are
- battery-powered, allowing advanced features such as data compression and
- fax capability that phone line-powered portable modems cannot provide.
- Although the WorldPort modems include AC adapters, they are not reliant on
- power from AC outlets or phone lines, and also do not draw power from
- laptop computers, unlike internal laptop modems.
-
- The Sportster 9600 is fully CCITT V.32 compliant at 9600 bps. V.42/V.42bis
- error control and data compression allow a maximum theoretical effective
- throughput of 38,400 bps. The Sportster 9600 also includes MNP 2-5 and the
- V.25 answer sequence for overseas calls. The Sportster 9600/PC is bundled
- with "Communications by Crosstalk" software.
-
- U. S. Robotics, Inc., (NASDAQ: USRX) is a leading designer, manufacturer
- and marketer of data communications hardware and software. Product lines
- include the Shared Access communications resource sharing products; Total
- Control modem management system for central data sites; BLAST software
- products for terminal emulation, file transfer and remote control; Courier
- modems for corporate users; WorldPort portable modems for traveling
- professionals; and Sportster modems for small business, home office and
- entry-level users. Both corporate headquarters and manufacturing
- operations are based in Skokie, Ill. U.S. Robotics owns and operates
- Miracom Technology Ltd., Slough, England, Communications Research Group,
- Baton Rouge, La., and U.S. Robotics, s.a., Lille, France. The company
- markets its products to business, industry, government agencies and
- original equipment manufacturers.
-
- U.S. Robotics, Inc.
- 8100 North McCormick Blvd. Skokie, IL 60076
- 708/982-5010 1-800-DIALUSR.
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