JW> I get consistent 28.8 and 31.2 connects with my Internet provider who
JW> has a bank of similar modems.
AN> The "Problem" is not the modem, i think.
AN> To BBSs you usually transfer with Z-Modem or a similar Protocol, and
AN> the file is localy available at the remote site.
AN> If you use an Internet Account, there is some Protocol-Overhead
AN> (SLIP/PPP) that reduces effective transferspeed. furthermore if you
AN> FTP files from the Net, most often there is a bottleneck between
AN> your provider and the ftp-site.
I confused you with 2 different issues, I guess.
First, the modem is apparently set up properly, because I do get 
consistent 28.8 or 31.2 connections with a set of modems I KNOW are 
compatible.
Second, I use other BBSes, only a few of which have 33.6 modems. On 
those connections, where DSZ is the transfer protocol, I have a log of 
connect and transfer rates. It is only this DSZ.LOG where I compared 
the connect vs transfer rates, and it is there where the 31.2 
connections show slower average transfers than 28.8.
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