Re: USR Lowers Pricing
Karl Denninger (karl@Mcs.Net)
Thu, 3 Apr 1997 19:33:54 -0600
On Thu, Apr 03, 1997 at 05:03:49PM -0800, Kevin Smith wrote:
> At 05:52 PM 4/3/97 -0600, Jonah Yokubaitis wrote:
> >On Thu, 3 Apr 1997, Jordan Mendelson wrote:
> >
> >|
> >|It looks as if USR has lowered prices CONSIDERABLY for their terminal
> >|services. We just got quoted a price for a USR Total Control model with 48
> >|modems + 2 pri for $14,352. This includes everything but a $250 fan.
> >|That is about $295 per port.
> >|
> >|Now, I paid $11,000 for my PM3. It's a nice box, includes 2 PRI, but I
> >|elected to only get 24 modems, but to upgrade to 48 modems it's going to
> >|cost me $5,691 for a total cost of about $16,700.
> >|
> >|At the time we purchased the PM3, the USR was about $560/port. I guess
> >|they are going all out to support x2. Is this the beginning of a price
> >|war?
> >
> >USR is going for the balls. You can bet Ascend/cisco are in chaos
> >right now.
>
> Not me...ahsf##$iuif(*^bgdo$%23^!@98730tf0 ...Oops....that *was* chaos!
>
> ....what do they call it when you sell below cost....panic ?
>
> Kevin Smith Updated Service and Support
> Senior Technical Support Engineer Resources are now at:
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> Ascend Communications http://www.ascend.com/service
That pricing is not below cost. I have done a detailed cost analysis on the
USR Total Control rack systems.
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