Larry Roberts wrote in a message to Rick Collins:
 LR> the either  my ISP is at fault, or my modem is defective, because
 LR> if my line was noisy, it  would fall back to a speed that would
 LR> allow it to operate normally, which in  my case would be 44K, but
 LR> it logs in at 46K, and has problems. I think it is  the Uart that
 LR> is defective. It can't keep up with the 46K data stream, which  is
 LR> why it freezes every 2 min. for about 15 sec. If you run a 14.4, or
 LR> higher  baud modem on a Uart that's slower than a 16550, it has the
 LR> same systoms,  unless it connects below 9600baud.
That symptom sounds more like a modem that is doing a retrain.  CRC errors, 
data overrun errors and the like are more the symptoms of a UART that is 
unable to keep up with the modem.
Regards,
       David
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