Re: Pricing

Jon Lewis (jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net)
Sat, 7 Sep 1996 00:55:20 -0400 (EDT)

On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, Matthew R. Sheahan wrote:

> > With a PM2e30, 30 USR 33.6 sports, 30 modem cables, 30 phone cords, and TAX
> > (today) my per port cost was $272.41. Now am I missing something? My
> > calculator must have failed me again, just as it used to in school. But I
> > thought I remembered how to add...To all you out there that is $82.59 less.

He's comparing apples to water melons.

> IMAO, $82.59/port is a rather small price to pay to eliminate the
> tentacular mass of RS232 and power cables lurking behind my racks.

$80/port * n * 100 ports isn't such a small price anymore...but to be
somwhat more fair, he should probably be comparing things like USR MP/16's
+ PM2E30 to the PM3. Then there's also the fact that you get ISDN
equipment for free in the deal...and eliminate most of the wiring.

I don't yet understand how this works...but I'm guessing you could then
also have just one hunt group main number for both ISDN and modem calls.

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