Michael, at 19:06 on Aug 11 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Has it not yet occurred to you that your phone lines are probably the cause 
BG> of your less-than-optimal connects?

MR> Yes it has but I doubt there is anything I can do about it.

Exactly, so there's no point slagging off at your modem for something which
is quite obviously beyond its control, is there?

MR> My Dynalink is a dog. Connects at 28800 are possible on some BBs' but I've 
MR> only had three 33600 connects in two months out of about two dozen 
MR> attempts.   Most connects seem to be 21600 to 26400 especially with my 
MR> internet ISP.

You have shitty lines, and the best modem in the world is not going to
change that fact.  It's bad luck, but you're basically stuck with it.

MR> From Paul Marwick's BBS

MR> SNR              (dB)       29

That 29db S/N ratio is pretty piss-poor.

MR> Then from David Drummonds BBS

MR> SNR              (dB)       39

That's better, but no less than I'd expect from Dave's board.

MR> Unfortunately I haven't the faintest idea what most of the stats mean. One 
MR> I am interested in is FALLBACK=DISABLED. What sort of fallback would that 
MR> be and is that the default.

If you bothered reading the manual, you'd find that to be irrelevant.

MR> BTW on each of these calls I was using Dynalinks recommended init string of
MR> AT&F1&H1&R2X1.

They wouldn't know a decent init$ if it bit them on the arse.  The
&H1&R2 are defaults for the &F1 template anyway.  You DO have a
manual, dont you?

BG> AT&F1&K0 is still the optimal init$ for the Dynalink with dodgy BTLZ. 

MR> Dynalink don't agree and my ISP reckons that I _have_ to have V.42 enabled 
MR> for their modems (still trying to find out what sort they are)

For Christ's sake Mike, &K0 only disables V.42bis data compression. 
V.42 (LAPM with MNP4 fallback) is enabled by default with the &F1
template.

MR> Hope you can shed some light on this for me Bill.

That's as clear as I can make it for you.  If you still can't grasp that,
perhaps you'd better give up modems altogether...

Regards, Bill
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