John, at 14:32 on Jul 13 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> My Courier works extremely well with ISD calls to the USA,

JP> What sort of connect speeds do you achieve? 

It varies quite dramatically according to the time of day, and I have had
some connects which couldn't exceed V.34 16800, but the average is around
24000bps, with the (very) occasional 26400 or 28800 connect.  Never any
faster though, not even to a known V.34+ Courier in Illinois.

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

Doesn't surprise me at all with a V.FC M11F.  :)

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

Nope.  As V.34 can negotiate right down to 2400bps, there's no need to lock
your Courier to lesser speeds (in my experience, at least).

Regards, Bill
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