BR>I have a long-term, continual problem that I've been unable to solve, and 

BR>Would Appreciate Your Help!
BR>I am unable to establish a reliable connection to a particular local BBS
BR>that I call a lot. This is a one phone line board using a 28800 USR
BR>modem with th speed locked at 57600.
BR>1. Sometimes the d/l starts normally-blocks transferring smoothly and cps
BR>increasing steadily-then suddenly with no warning, no errors indicated and
BR>nothing unusual on the Status line, the transfer stops for a few seconds!
BR>It then resumes at a much lower cps with cps again increasing, stops,
BR>resumes at a lower cps, etc., until I'm disconnected.
I can't be at all certain, however it sounds to me that you are
experiencing a phenomenon discussed a few months back in the various
U.S. Robotics echo mail conferences.  It was called Spiral Death
Syndrome.  Or just SDS, for short.  It seems that when the U.S. Robotics
28,800 BPS modems first came out, that some of them may have had an
intermittent defect that resulted in some users experiencing the same
type of problems you report.  If that is indeed what is occurring in your
case, then there is nothing you can do about it.  The BBS operator will
have to have his/her modem updated or replaced.  Good luck.
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