On Monday July 15 1996, Russell Brooks wrote to John Piper ...

 JP> What sort of connect speeds do you achieve? Prior to today, I have been
 JP> running a NetComm M11F. In order to connect to a node in Canada, I had to
 JP> lock the baud rate down to 2400. Achieveing an error-free connection, let
 JP> alone a high speed, was near impossible. Plus, the V.FC negotiation phase
 JP> seemed to take forever. For the sake of dumping off some netmail and
 JP> collecting several small files in return, locking it at 2400 gave me a
 JP> quick, error-free connection.

 JP> Do you think I'll need to do this with my Courier?

 RB> Depending on HOW CLOSE you are to your Exchange....You can actually
 RB> get 33600/33600 to US/Canada. I have done this myself.

My exchange is but a mere 10 minute walk from here.

 RB> Continuous negotiations to overseas destinations are still a bit of
 RB> a plague, some days, even with these Couriers.

I guess there's only one way to find out.

John (japp{at}mpx.com.au)

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