*** Quoting Simon Slater to Warren Zatwarniski dated 03-13-97 ***
> Hi Warren! How are you?
Not bad, I guess! :)
 
>  WZ> I'm not complaining about poor connections. I'm complaining about
>  WZ> poor performance on 33.6 connects. If my modem connects at 33.6,
>  WZ> it should be safe to assume that the line conditions are good
>  WZ> enough to allow that speed.
> 
> Again you said.. if you get a 33600 connect this doesn't meen to say you
> connect speed is going to stay at that connection speed. RETRAIN makes that
I realize that. I have an external SupraFAXModem. I can see when it shifts 
up, and when it shifts down. Again, what I'm complaining about is the poor 
_PERFORMANCE_ on 33.6 connections. I call less than 3000cps on a 33.6 
connection poor performance. If the modem is using 33.6, it's because the 
line quality is good enough. 
Yes I know v34 will monitor line quality, and I know that it shifts rates up 
AND down depending on the quality of the line. However, this all does nothing 
to explain why someone should get such low transfer speeds on a 33.6 
transfer. If the line can't support it, it would shift down. Not maintain the 
same speed and suffer an 800+ cps penalty.
> choice.  %E0 will turn off retraining though you may get (sometimes 
> worse connections.
Keeping in mind that %E0 is the *DEFAULT* (refer to your modem manual) can 
you explain why my modem shifts up and down as the line quality changes? Are 
you saying I should enable the auto retrain?
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