Peter, at 11:07 on Mar 04 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Not only do NetComm support asymmetrical link rates with V.34,

PC> That's good to hear, Wonder if it's always been there and i just
PC> haven't seen it or it's been added in the later 2.61L flash code.

Poe has suggested that is was added to later M34F flash-ROMs.

BG> they also appear to speed-shift transparently, just like the
BG> USR.  Recent polls to Paul's board have shown an initial connect
BG> of say 21600/24000, yet the final stats sometimes indicate that
BG> the modems have shifted up (without retraining) to 28800/28800.
BG> The USR is certainly far superior on marginal lines though.

PC> I have seen the speed shift in the M34F before, i quite often connect
PC> to one at 26400 and upshift to 28800 almost straight away, BTW You
PC> must be about the only one getting good connects to Pauls board.

You'd be joking!  While the Courier was on-line at Paul's, I had nothing
but perfect 28800 connects, but both the Viper and NetComm fail to connect
at all around 80% of the time, unless I force a lower speed.  The USR's
line probe stats show excessive loss at higher frequencies, so both our
lines (exchange to subscriber) could be considerably better IMO.

Regards, Bill

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