The connectors cost a fortune in fact - even when buying large volumes, they aren't cheap - over $20 as it is for the pair in quantity. There are larger versions of the same connector, but the price increase is almost exponential. The amount of space it takes up is also an issue.

We really didn't think anyone would have a problem with the lack of flow control - not supporting Xon/Xoff is very short sighted from the modem manufacturer: worse still is rebooting when the outbound queue gets full!

Hugo