-=> Quoting Peter Kay to All <=-

 PK> Help! I've been calling SPCUG's Mail Exchange BBS usually the 28800
 PK> connect modem, sometime the 14400 connect modem for some months now and
 PK> from time to time I have difficulty connecting. Sometimes I get through
 PK> the welcome menus ok but if not within approx 55 seconds from
 PK> connection I receive a No Carrier Message and I've been dropped!
 PK> Sometimes I get as far as the bluewave mail area and begin to bundle my
 PK> mail for downloading and again receive the no carrier message. It seems
 PK> that the bbs is slow to receive my keystrokes sometimes and again if
 PK> nothing happens within the first 60 secs. I'm dropped off. After 3 or 4
 PK> dropped carrier disconnects I usually connect ok and am able to do my
 PK> stuff. My modem is a Simple Computing 28800 Vfast and I use mostly
 PK> WinComm Pro ver 1.1 but if I'm having problems connecting I also try
 PK> Telix for dos ver 3.22 or Telix for windows ver 1.15a. It doesn't seem
 PK> to make any difference though which software I use the connection
 PK> problem remains.

Sounds like a problem with the bbs, not your modem.  Try this
init string:

at&fb0l1w2x3s11=50s95=3

That works for everything I use.


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