On Mar 31, 1996 at 15:47, Paul Edwards of 3:711/934.9 wrote:

 PE> One solution to this problem would be for me to go back to my
 PE> old method, and you guys all setting your modems to expire
 PE> after about 3 minutes or something, whatever it is before
 PE> Telecom gives up on your behalf.

It's been a while, but I thought I read somewhere that Austel reckons your
modem (more specifically, any "automatic dialling device") is not
allowed to wait longer than 30 seconds for an answer?  (And of course, you
need at least 45 seconds to be useful...)

Cheers..

    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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