Hola Bill!
 > I live in a rural area which when I do any comm pgms. has
 > always resulted in a 21.6k or 24k connects for the most part
 > and maybe worse from time to time. It's just that lately and
 > only with a ISP connect that's I've seen 28.8 or [----------^^^^ you said 
the above ^^^^-----------]
I think you should check the line quality with your supra. Just to look in
the manual about reading the %L on the LED display.
Normaly 30 or below you get a solid 28.8
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