-=> Quoting John Gardeniers to John Wolski <=-

 -=> On 20 Feb 96  19:40:28 John Wolski mumbled to All <=-
 
 JW> My problem is that I will sit down to try and ring a BBS and in the
 JW> answer section of Terminate I get a whole lot of garbage and Terminate
 JW> just beeps. Lasts for about 15-20 seconds and then drops carrier.

 JG> Hello John,
 JG> This sounds very much like a problem I'm having, even though my
 JG> modem is only 2400 bps. 

 JG> My solution: Before trying to dial out I get the modem to perform a
 JG> self test by using the AT&T8 command. If this returns garbage instead
 JG> of text I re-initialise the modem and try again. Sometimes, like
 JG> today, I may have to do this a few times. Once I get a text response,
 JG> which should be "000", I know I will get a good connection when I
 JG> dial. 

 JG> I still don't know why I need to go through this messing about, but
 JG> it certainly saves me a lot of phone calls. Try it. BTW If you get a
 JG> better answer than this one could you pass it on to me, please? 
 JG> Regards,
 JG> John

 Hhmmm.  This does sound very strange to me for a 2400 bps.
 It would seem that there is a fault in the modem rather than the line.
 The lines are "officially" guarenteed for 9600bpc communication.
 I will give it a go and see if it does work.  BTW does this procedure
 get you 100% success rate?

 I will let you know how I get on.

 Cheers
 John

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