DD>> AT&F1&W

PE> I hope you don't really have that as your init string.  &W 
PE> means write to NVRAM.  I believe you can only write to NVRAM 
PE> a few thousand times before the NVRAM becomes dodgy.  You 
PE> want to do something like the above ONCE, and then ATZ from 
PE> then on.

DD> I initialised my modem with AT&F1&W - I reset my modem with ATZ

"I set up my modem with AT&F1&W - I use ATZ as my
initialization string".

DD> Both of these commands have been/are issued at the SAME port speed.

Yeah, good idea.  It avoids the problem of the USR not doing
auto-baud-detect on ATZ like every other modem in the world.
BFN.  Paul.
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