Prices are beginning to fall in the local area network hardware business, and 3Com Corp, Santa Clara, California is reducing prices on all of its internetwork bridges by between 5% and 25%: the family includes the IB/1 local Ethernet-to-Broadband, the IB/2000 local Ethernet-to-Ethernet, and the IB/3 remote Ethernet or Broadband routing bridges; new prices are $9,100 for the IB/1; $5,000 for the IB/2000; and $7,500 for the IB/3 with dual low-speed line support, $8,500 for a single T-1 connection; software upgrades to handle network management support will be available in the spring, as already announced.
