On Jul 18 07:12 96, David Drummond of 3:640/305 wrote:

DD> Bill, at 07:38 on Jul 17 1996, you wrote to David Drummond ...

BG>>> Whatever the problem was, it appears to have fixed itself, 
BG>>> as all of my subsequent calls to Dave have connected 
BG>>> perfectly at our usual 33600bps.

DD>>> I turned off adaptive answer.

BG>> Oh dear, then why did the same thing happen earlier this 
BG>> morning?  The modems started their V.34 negotiation just 
BG>> fine, then stopped halfway through with what sounded like a 
BG>> very loud continuous ~1KHz tone.  The next call connected OK 
BG>> though.  Wonder if it was because the temperature here was 
BG>> near zero?  I'd just turned the modem on, so perhaps they 
BG>> don't like the cold weather?

DD> I had it turned back on - then turned it off again yesterday morning when I 
DD> saw you having problems.  It seems to be peculiar to you . . 

DD> This morning you connected at 33,600/12,000 for God's sake - and my ARQ 
DD> light was flashing like crazy.

That's a mild case of our "disaster in one direction only" fault
that Telstra have been coming up with ever since rework for Pay TV began.

DD> Are you using wet string to connect to your exchange?

Looks like it, doesn't it - one way only, though.

Regards,
Dave Hatch.

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