Paul, at 08:24 on Feb 22 1996, you wrote to Rod Speed...

RS> That one may well be just because USR is using the more advanced trellis
RS> coding and so its not surprising that it does help. From memory there
RS> was a noticeable improvement in the Couriers when that was added.

PE> Why do I need this advanced trellis coding?  The Netcomm can
PE> connect to other modems at 28800, why not the USR too?  Oh,
PE> and my one successful inbound call from Bill shows that 28800
PE> is supported inbound. 

4 calls to date - one failed completely, another connected at 26400 then
promptly set about sending my mail at 400 cps (and then wouldn't hang up,
so I had to switch off the modem), and the other 2 apparently worked fine. 
A 50% failure rate is even worse than the old Spirit.

Regards, Bill

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