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?

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

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

Are you using wet string to connect to your exchange?

David
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