PE>> P.S. One other problem I didn't report, was at LEAST on the 
PE>> old ROMs, the previous user of the USR Courier would always 
PE>> get a dropout with his USR after being connected for an hour 
PE>> to his ISP.  My connects are not long enough to see this.

RB> Unheard of with a Courier, unless -

RB> 1. This previous user is using Win95 at all to access the internet.
RB> It defaults to disconnect the modem after 60 minutes and this option
RB> can be changed or unchecked altogether.

The user is not that stupid.

RB> 2. His ISP is throwing him out.

It could be the other end hanging up, I don't know.  However,
it is not "unheard of".  An internet service provider that I
know of evaluated heaps of different modems to find out what
to buy, and I asked him how his tests went, and he said that
the USR was rejected because there were too many line dropouts,
EVEN BETWEEN TWO USRs!!!  In the end he said "The USR is not
a $200 better modem than the Netcomm.  It isn't even a better
modem".  I wasn't convinced at the time, but now I am pretty
convinced.  BFN.  Paul.
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