Angus, at 12:16 on Jul 13 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> They are using US/Canada EPROM code in the Dynalink/Sportsters, which is 
BG> very marginal when it comes to local telco tones.  Indeed, you are having
BG> problems with ringing tones being detected as BUSY, are you not ?

AT> Not really I just add a 2 second pause as a suffix.. This still detects 
AT> busy tones..

Ah, so yours has the same occasional problem that my Sportster did, in that
it sometimes misinterprets the STD pips as BUSY.  True, commas will stop
that (and so will using Optus for your outbound STD calls, as well).  :)

AT> However the salesperson did respectively mention DIALTONE not RINGING 
AT> tones..

Sells used cars on weekends too, does he?

BG> Not to mention some biased owners of these particular modems...  :)

AT> Oh come on Bill don't be like that :).. Bsides I'll be getting a USR 
AT> Courier or a Spirit Viper within the next few weeks so I won't be that 
AT> biased :)

Wanna bet?  :)

Regards, Bill
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