Re: Request for feedback: Value of data compression

David Denney (daud@dimensional.com)
Wed, 2 Jul 1997 14:30:22 -0600 (MDT)

On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Alex Henthorn wrote:

> 1. Do you believe that your average potential business customer would pay
> extra for data compression on their low-speed (56K, ISDN) routed connections?

No.

> 3. If not, do you see data compression as a key differentiation feature
> that you want to offer anyway?

Yes. I loose customers that _want_ data compression,
and go to somebody who uses Ascend gear... they don't
care that their data will likely flow faster here,
without data compression, than with a competitor...

> Alex Henthorn Livingston Enterprises

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