þ Original reply from Matthew Parker of 3:711/934.31{at}fidonet...

MP> Well I've never realy had a failed call. Most calls fail during the call.
MP> The best connect I've had to the netcom is 24.0 which often during the call
MP> drops to 19.2kps. Also I often get retrains during the call that take 20-40 
MP> seconds and unless I connect with MNP10 the retrains seem to be ignored by
MP> the netcomm, well at least the speed doesn't change on the display. The 
MP> last thing is with the USR I got 28.8kps most times with the occasional 
MP> 26.4kps never getting any retrains.

Oops!  Are you going to start calling Matthew a USR zealot too now?  :)

Regards, Bill

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