Rod, at 13:36 on Feb 29 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> All zealotry and jesting aside,

RS> Ha, you arent actually CAPABLE of doing it like that |-)

So when did your dog pass his degree in psychiatry, Rod?

BG> the USR has so far proved to be the best of
BG> the 3 modems which Paul has so far trialled

RS> Dunno. The stats really arent that convincing, only you and Dieter
RS> had much problem with the Netcon. He doesnt with the Viper. In fact
RS> so far the Viper is doing a tad better than the Courier, Frank had
RS> real problems with the Courier, you have with the Viper.

I happened to be speaking from my own POV, nobody else's.  And ONLY the
Courier was capable of connecting with my Sportster at V.34/ARQ EVERY
SINGLE TIME.

BG> (Rod's fucked Supra notwithstanding).

RS> I had no problems at all that mattered a damn once V32terbo was binned.

And only you have reported problems with V.32ter anyway.

RS> And both the Netcon and Viper show how much more viable a real
RS> robust protocol like V34 is than a fucked kludge like V32terbo too.

Pity that neither of those modems implement V.34 properly then, isn't it?

Regards, Bill

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