PE> So what sort of shitbox modem (USR?) do you have that keeps on
PE> failing to connect to me, maybe 50% of the time?  BFN.  Paul.  

JT> Oi!   I'll have you know that my shitbox usr works and has worked on your
JT> modem just fine.  For that matter, it has solved all my banksia problems.

JT> Well there is that issue with v34 negotiation and the spirit vipers.  But
JT> that's just the fucked up spirits.

How did you ascertain that?  Did you do what most USR owners do, and just
put your fingers in your ears and yell nyah nyah nyah?  Personally I'd be
more convinced by a line trace, but I've not seen USR do that (ie they're
not better than anyone else).

PE> P.S. Interested in swapping it for a shitbox car?

JT> The one you can tune up without a mulitmeter or timing light?  :-)

Yep!  BFN.  Paul.
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