Paul, at 23:31 on May 16 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> So much for his main objective, runninng a fast and reliable board.  With 
BG> the modem circus now entering its 4th or 5th month, I have to say that 
BG> Paul's is the most UNRELIABLE board I've called during that period, by far.

PE> Hey Bill, do you really want me to go and buy a second hand Spirit II,
PE> which has shown to be the most reliable modem I've used here to date,

Please yourself.  I thought the Courier was quite good though.  :)

PE> despite your swearing blind that so long as I replaced it with
PE> ANYTHING, all my problems would disappear.  Well I HAVE replaced it
PE> with _anything_, THREE FUCKING TIMES. 

And while you left them alone, any problems I encountered could be solved
from my end, one way or another.  Not so this fiasco with adaptive answer
though.  After 24 hours, it was obvious that there were problems, but that
didn't stop you from fucking around with it for several more days, during
which time I had half a dozen or more failures to negotiate.  No fun at STD
rates either.

Regards, Bill

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