EL> I've upgraded to ROM 1.11 today, and some things do seem to be
 EL> fixed. Its still not as reliable on a noisy line as my U1496, but I
 EL> can't tell by how much.
 SM> You are not telling us: which of the 3 protocols - 
 SM> ZyXEL, V.32bis or V.34 (?) - are your comparison is 
 SM> base on? My experience shws that ZyXEL 19200 in Elite 
 SM> is at least as good/bad as in my 1496E.
 My original post mentioned that much of my testing was with a 16.8Kbps
 ZyXel protocol.  Shortly after I upgraded to 1.11, Zyxel upgraded their
 own system to v.34 (they had U1496 on the tech support line).
 Now, if you think a minute, I am obviously NOT comparing v.34, since the
 U1496 can't do v34.  The U1496 seems to do better on v.32/v.32bis connects
 also, but nothing was as obvious as calling the tech support BBS since it
 always connected ZyX16.8K and the Elite would just sit there with the SQ
 flashing telling me the line was noisy, and I'd call right back on the
 U1496E+ and everything would be perfect (SQ wouldn't flash at all).
 I probably spent a bit of money calling the tech support BBS over and over
 and over.  
 What ever happened to CELP mode?  Is it gone in the Elite?  
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