Hi Will,

[Thus spake Will Trives unto Sunny Leung:]

 WT> Ok I'll tell you my experience with this split speed thing. There is
 WT> a USR I call here in sydney with my banksia. It happens pretty much
 WT> only with this modem. 9 out of 10 times when I call this modem I get
 WT> a 26400/28800 the 28800 always favours the courier, don't ask me why.
 WT> Now if the courier didn't support split speeds i'm sure i'd get a
 WT> full 28.8k connect. It also confuses the bbs program. But anyway I

You'd probably get a 26.4k connect. Without split speeds, you'll end up
with a connect at the lower of the two speeds.

The best thing about split speeds IMO is what happens at the higher end
of the speed spectrum e.g. 31.2k or 33.6k transmission or reception if
the phone lines can't cope with 31.2k or 33.6k both ways. 31.2k and
33.6k speeds will become more frequent once the revised v.34 protocol
gets approved this year and Rockwell and co. release their chips.

 WT> might just call the banksia board and see if there's a new firmware
 WT> release. Now, this is the only usr that does it. It's the only time

Does the Banksia have flash ROM? Or do you have to drag the modem to
Banksia to get the ROM swapped.

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

I'm glad you like your modem. I certainly like mine :-)

Sunny

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