In a message of 07 Nov 96 Belle Jay wrote to Chad Williams:

G'Day Belle,

 BJ> Take your Touchphone 200 off as it loops the line every 20-40seconds to
 BJ> charge it's battery back-up.

Nope.  Every 20 or so minutes, not seconds.  Some modems can handle the
problem.  My X-Link 33.6k and my Maestro 144FM handle it, my 28.8k Netcomm
cannot.

  // Catchya
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