-=> Quoting Tony Molina to All <=-

 TM> I'm currently borrowing a USR Sportster V34 so I did a quick
 TM> double blind test this morning from this problematic Tullamarine
 TM> line.
 TM> 
 TM> However this USR Sportster V34 has blown me away in this test.
 TM> I'll be the first to admit I have no idea how it can manage to
 TM> stay online at 28,800 on this line where the others can't.
 TM> 
 TM> Oh well, I'll keep testing but at this stage I am leaning towards
 TM> keeping this USR and selling the still excellent SimpleModem. I
 TM> guess I'll just have to put up with the USR's two cons. 1. Price
 TM> (it's pretty expensive) and 2. Styling (it's a damn ugly modem).

Looks like you've discovered the advantage of having a modem with a
decent datapump . The Rockwell based modems , i.e. hayes , simple
maestro etc , have a datapump that is gutless , it only has enough grunt
to decode 16 state , 4 dimension trellis coding . The USR ( courier and
sporster ) have a datapump that can decode 64 state , 4 dimensional
coding , and with room to spare , as the 33.6 upgrade proves .
The extra power allows it to differentiate the signal from the noise ,
and allows extra throughput for the same signal to noise ratio .

Welcome to the wonderfull world of USR :-)

... Not tonight, dear.  I have a modem.
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