Dieter, at 21:51 on Mar 16 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Why the fuck are you connecting with other boards at 9600 with line
BG> levels of -33dBm, yet only 2400 to TML with just one miserable dBm
BG> worse? 

DM> It was Paul's Netcomm :-)

Still pretty weird, although I must admit that when I tried the M34F/M34F
combination here last night, the figures were much worse than I'd
originally expected, and I was considerably less than impressed.  I
expected a much better signal quality than that which I actually saw, and
of all reported connects to date, the USR/USR has consistently been the
best, with (strangely enough) the USR/M34F a close second.

BG> I'd love to see the connect results from your end with both a V.32bis
BG> and a V.34 modem.  They'd be extremely interesting indeed. 

DM> I have Alan's E7F, which I will do the same again.

A Series 4, I hope. :)

DM> 

DM> I have added the E7F's readings - they do vary at the same rate.
DM> I don't know what the %q refers to in the E7F, but in the SE9600
DM> it referred to the line quality, from 0 to 6, with 6 being worst.

Same in the NetComm - it refers to the line quality there as well (the
criteria it actually uses is beyond me though).

Perhaps it's time to bite the bullet, and buy a Sportster?  I'm sure the
family will get by just fine on rice for a couple of weeks.  :)

Regards, Bill

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