David, at 07:12 on Jul 18 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

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. 

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 . . 

That's a worry then, as I'd expect 2 Couriers to be 100% compatible with
each other, even if mine is a US/Canada model.

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

# 18 Jul 06:53:22 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   21.4/11.9
# 18 Jul 06:53:22 BINK Snr             ( Db )   15.9
# 18 Jul 06:53:22 BINK Near Echo Loss  ( Db )   12.2
# 18 Jul 06:53:22 BINK Far Echo Loss   ( Db )   25.8
[ ... ]
# 18 Jul 06:53:23 BINK Speed                  9600/21600

# 18 Jul 06:54:48 BINK Recv/Xmit Level (-Dbm)   24.3/11.9
# 18 Jul 06:54:48 BINK Snr             ( Db )   20.7
# 18 Jul 06:54:48 BINK Near Echo Loss  ( Db )   13.8
# 18 Jul 06:54:48 BINK Far Echo Loss   ( Db )   27.4
[ ... ]
# 18 Jul 06:54:48 BINK Speed                  12000/31200

Dunno what the problem is, but those S/N figures are atrocious, and nothing
like the 38db I normally see with your modem.  If this continues, I'll drop
back to the 0123 SDL and see what happens, although I've been running the
0429 SDL for some weeks now, and this is the first time I've had problems
with your Courier.  Seems to have started about the time you enabled
adaptive answer.

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

My lines aren't perfect, but they still give me 33600/31200 connects to
your system, almost every time (the above two connects notwithstanding).

Regards, Bill
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