Hi Ian.

On Sunday January 28 1996, Ian Smith wrote to John Piper ...

 JP> With a NetComm M11F I always get 28800/REL/LAPM/V42BIS to 3:712/816,
 JP> but when I crashmailed 3:711/401 a few weeks ago, I got CONNECT
 JP> 28800/REL/MNP/V42BIS.

 IS> MNP and V42BIS together look like a bit of a worry, unless you're talking
 IS> to an old Netcomm E5/M5 or Series 3 E7/M7,

Why is that?

 IS> As Bill said, not much to worry about so long as you get error-correction,

I always do. :-)

 IS> though it would pay to be sure to disallow MNP5 compression on mail
 IS> calls.

Again, why?

Johnno

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