AL> P.S. if it's a USRobotics (or compatable), init it with AT&F, and
 AL> let it go. Both my USR's work great with the factory defaults. :)
errrr.... on USR modems, &F sets up to use =software= flow control and you do 
NOT really want that as it can cause data loss... what you really want is &F1 
which sets up for hardware flow control.
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