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Re: Internet access box


On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Penio Penev wrote:
> Given that to manufacture the box will cost about the same as an external
> modem, I believe that the price cannot be brought down much more below
> that of an external modem -- about $85 for an external v.34(bis) at NECX
> as the minimum.

I noticed that the prices cited on the press articles decline as a
function of time: the earliest ones cite $300, the next ones cite $200,
the next ones (and the `vision' page) cite $100, and this page of Fox's
cites $50.

Kragen