JM> i had the same problem herw with two industry standard 
 JM> modems, one being my micrcom deskporte fast + and the 
 JM> other being a dataplex dpx224 i verified this with 
 JM> dataplex here in sydney.
 JM> briefly, what happens is that the 2400 baud modem 
 JM> listens to all the noises that the 28k8 modem makes and 
 JM> fails to discriminate what it is hearing and drops back 
 JM> to the lowest common denominator .. while in term the 

Now how about that! The other end [the caller] uses a Tel 424 [Dataplex]
modem. So you sure are on the right track in your theory.

 JM> how have you found the xstreama otherwise ??

Of course its always the case of 'you get what you pay for'. However, the
problems above mentioned excluded, it's not bad. 99% of my callers to the
BBS that are >= 24000bps connect and remain connected [ie do not drop
the line] for the duration of their call - upto 1:30hrs on line.

Its a typical Rockwell chipset modem. Not too sure if thats go or bad. (:

Thanks for your information. It has been very helpful - thanks again...

Bruce


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