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RE: Translation over the Web

Richard
That means that the 2% has more than doubled in just a few hours :-)
I agree that VANs provide a good service, and will stay competitive as long as
people insist on charging over $50,000 to 'certify' their AS2 software.
Drummond is also certifying AS3. I wonder how much _that_ is going to cost?
(I'll let you know as soon as Drummond answers my email. Any bets?)
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From: "Hurd, Richard [SLCUS]" <
Date sent: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:35:53 -0500
Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Translation over the Web
> Earl's challenged me to look at the stats by volume. I only took two
> (weekly) data points, but the percentages are still in the single digits;
> between 4 and 5% of our transaction volume comes in via EDIINT.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earl Wertheimer [mailto:
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 5:25 PM
> To: Hurd, Richard [SLCUS];
> Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Translation over the Web
>
>
> Richard
>
> > >VANS continue to shrink because they are over-priced and AS2 / EDIINT
> > >(Direct Internet Connection) are winning. EDI X12 the standard continues
> to
> > >grow particularly in the health care and retail industries.
> >
> > Cite, please? Them's fightin' words.
> >
> > Why do fewer than 2% of our (retail) trading partners use EDIINT and the
> > rest use a VAN, I wonder?
>
> 2% by number or 2% by volume ?
>
> I think that the higher volume partners would be more interested in
> switching
> to a cheaper solution.
>
> The cost of VANs is offset by the cost of setting up & maintaining an AS2
> connection. We've already seen people here who cannot justify the cost of
> additional AS2 licenses ;-(
Earl Wertheimer
http://www.spe-edi.com
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