-=> Quoting Sunny Leung to Steven Anderson <=-

 SL> Split speeds is a great thing to have.

Well, I myself don't agree i'll tell you why.

 SL> It's a pity that there are supposedly v.34 compliant modems out there
 SL> that don't do split speeds. AFAIK the more reputable brand name
 SL> modems have this feature e.g. USR, Motorola, Supra, Maestro and I
 SL> think Netcomms too.

Ok I'll tell you my experience with this split speed thing. There is
a USR I call here in sydney with my banksia. It happens pretty much
only with this modem. 9 out of 10 times when I call this modem I get
a 26400/28800 the 28800 always favours the courier, don't ask me why.
Now if the courier didn't support split speeds i'm sure i'd get a
full 28.8k connect. It also confuses the bbs program. But anyway I
might just call the banksia board and see if there's a new firmware
release. Now, this is the only usr that does it. It's the only time
i've ever seen split speeds. I usally get excellent cps with USR
modems, such as the one i'm probably uploading this packet on now ;)

Now my modem SUPPORTS split speeds, but it doesn't initiate them. 

 SL> I guess it's still true that you pay for what you get.

Well my modem works reliably, i'm happy with my purchase, I wasn't
initially but for the past year I have been. Banksia do quite a bit
of work on their firmware. I'm sorry, I say this alot in this echo
but I like the 'ol (it is getting rather old) banksia :)

Will Trives (aka Fzoul)

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