Cost of fast modems falling fast

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The price of fast modems is going down because of technological advances. Microcomputer users now have a cost-effective way of transmitting data quickly. The price of a 9,600 baud modem have fallen from around $2,000 to near $500 since late 1990. Modem manufacturers such as Intel Corp and Practical Peripherals are able to sell the modems more cheaply because of advances in circuitry, which allow more circuits in fewer chips. Several data base service companies now offer 9,600 baud capabilities because the proliferation of these fast modems is inevitable. A 9,600 baud modem retrieves in one second the amount of information it takes the more common 2,400 baud modems four seconds to retrieve. This improvement makes data retrieval more convenient and less expensive by reducing telephone use charges.

Communications Equipment, Prices and rates, Computer peripherals industry, Modems, Modem, column, Pricing Policy, 9600 Bps

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Motorola to let cellular carriers use its network

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Motorola Inc of Schaumburg, IL, will allow operators of cellular-phone systems access to Motorola's Ardis wireless data network. Motorola will also allow other companies to make the devices that tie computers into the Ardis packet-data-switching network. Motorola dominates the field of mobile-data communications, but the fact that Ardis is proprietary restricted the market's growth. Motorola's move may establish Ardis as a de facto standard, one analyst says. Both computer companies and cellular-service companies are making moves into the market for mobile data networks, which is expected to boom as sales of portable computers increase. Ardis is a Motorola joint venture with IBM.

Standards, Methods, Computer networks, Cellular telephone services industry, Equipment and supplies, Cellular telephone services, Wireless communications, Wireless LANs, Motorola Inc., MOT, Public relations, Data communications, Telecommunications transmission technologies, Mobile communication systems, Open Systems, Wireless Network

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