> I may be out in left field, but if the phone line
 > can't support a 33.6 connect, the modem shouldn't try
 > doing it. That's the whole reason behind having a
 > robust protocol as V34. It's suppose to maximize the
 [----------^^^^ you said the above ^^^^-----------]
Well, for a 33.6 connect the telco world has to be practically perfect as I 
become to understand it. The bandwidth needed allows for 33.6 and as you've 
mentioned with fallback and foward with line conditions, but with an ISP in 
that mix, maybe that's a weak link, since it is something extra and it has to 
defer to yet another link to pass the data through.
 > determine if it's good enough to shift upwards. I
 > think the modem is at fault, because it just seems to
 > choke on 33.6 connections.
^^^\..In response to../^^^
Well, I haven't played yet with the M+ commands to manually determine the 
highest and lowest possible connect speeds, maybe I will. For now, I'm on 
long enough to at least post some message for do some surfing, but I may 
decide to drop it rather than "tweek" all the time. :( -_-_-Bill
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