Once apon a time Bill Grimsley said, 'USR Courier V42bis bugs?????' to
Simon Byrnand...



 SB> I have just come across a rather disturbing and annoying

 SB> problem regarding compatibility between New Couriers, and

 SB> older Sportsters, and I was wondering if this is a known

 SB> problem, and whether it can be fixed properly.



 BG> If you repost your message in USR_Modems, addressed to Joe

 BG> Frankiewicz, you should get the desired response.  He is, after all,

 BG> responsible for the code which resides in ALL Courier-based modems.



Unfortunately I dont get USR_Modems, and also I was more interested in

any "word of mouth" reports, rather than official replies from USR, as

my mate at the ISP has already gone that route.



 BG> I'm rather more interested in how a local ISP can get away with

 BG> running US/Canada Couriers, which presumably carry no Austel approval,



Perhaps it could have something to do with the fact that I'm in New Zealand,

so Austel doesnt really get a look in certifying modems here - at least

until New Zealand becomes another State of Australia ;-)



Over here Telecom does whats called a "Telepermit" which I guess is the

same thing, however I believe our phone system is more similar service

tone wise to the USA system(s) than to the Australian systems....



All of the Sportsters I've seen sold new in New Zealand have been US/Canada

models, so its nothing out of the ordinary.



 BG> and secondly, why their modems are running several EPROM revisions

 BG> behind current models.  Perhaps simply flashing them with the latest

 BG> code will solve the problem?



Thats interesting. I assume you're refering to the US/Canada revisions?



You wouldnt happen to know what the latest EPROM revision is, would you?



Thanks....



Regards,

Simon

(in New Zealand :)



 BG> Regards, Bill



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