Warwick, at 14:51 on Apr 10 1996, you wrote to All...

WE> I have a USR Sportster v34+ (33600). I have considerable difficulty making
WE> this modem connect to the 3 BBS's which I mainly log on to. More often than
WE> not, the modem will make 2 rings, and then drop out, and cycle to the next
WE> number I have marked.

The 33k6 Sportsters are not Austel approved, and on some exchanges will
become confused by the service tones.  Changing to X2 or X3 will solve your
problem.

Have a quote from the USR manual...

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                        Result Code Options 

Result Codes    X0      X1      X2      X3      X4 
0/OK             *      *       *       *       *                   
1/CONNECT        *      *       *       *       *      
2/RING           *      *       *       *       *
3/NO CARRIER     *      *       *       *       *      
4/ERROR          *      *       *       *       *
5/CONNECT 1200          *       *       *       *
6/NO DIAL TONE                  *               *   
7/BUSY                                  *       *
8/NO ANSWER                             *       *   
etc.
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Regards, Bill

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