On Thursday, January 02 1997, Peter Perros wrote to John Piper ...

 PP> I spoke to my ISP sysop about this same issue. He advised that most
 PP> (but not all) BBS and ISP connects are at lower than 33.6 because the
 PP> modems first connect at the most reliable baud rate, and then
 PP> auto-retrain baud rates to achieve the fastest permissible for the
 PP> line and other conditions. This auto-retrain function occurs several
 PP> times during a connect session. Ensure your service provider has his
 PP> modems set for auto-retrain. I'd say you're already set up right.

As far as I am aware, our modems are configured for auto-retrain. I did see
a 33.6k connection today -- from a X-Link to M34F.

John (japp{at}mpx.com.au)

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