Rod, at 07:11 on Feb 28 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

PE> As of 1996-0226T10:53, I now have a Spirit Viper online.

BG> Bugger me, it sounds (and connects) the same as the M34F!  Today's
BG> poll connected without EC again, and last night, I called twice and
BG> was dumped immediately after the connect string (I've posted the logs
BG> for those calls already).  Too soon to offer a valid opinion, but
BG> given the consistently poor line levels I'm seeing to your modem(s),
BG> it could well be that all Rockwell V.34s lack the raw "grunt" which
BG> the Courier provides on poorer lines...

RS> THATS a pretty wild claim given the tiny sample and the fact that the 
RS> Spirit isnt even a Rockwell at all Bill.

We're not talking about the Spirit/Thunder Rod, only the Viper, which does
indeed use an OEM Rockwell chipset.

RS> And session negotiation failure is a a completely different issue to 
RS> getting higher thruput on lousy lines too.

Quite so, but the simple fact is that to date, the Courier was the only
modem with which I've managed to connect perfectly every time, albeit at
slightly lower link rates (but generally with an eventual shift up to
28800).

RS> And since the session negotiation to a relatively indifferent
RS> line like Pauls changed significantly with different roms in the
RS> Supra, its a tad unlikely that its actually due to Rockwell too.

Forget about 14400 for the moment - we're discussing V.34.

Regards, Bill

--- Msgedsq/2 3.20