db> Paul, what is the transmit level of your USR (-dBm)?  If it's not already, 
db> would you please set it to -13dBm for a while to see if that makes the 
db> connections any better?  Thanks.

11 it looks like, but I didn't see anything in the manual to 
change that.  BFN.  Paul.

> 07 Feb 01:45:35.25   ATI11I6
# 07 Feb 01:45:35.29   USRobotics Courier V.32bis Dual Standard V.34+ Fax
Link Diagnostics...
# 07 Feb 01:45:35.79   Modulation               V.34
# 07 Feb 01:45:35.82   Carrier Freq (Hz)        1829/1829
# 07 Feb 01:45:35.82   Symbol Rate              3200/3200
# 07 Feb 01:45:35.85   Trellis Code             64S-4D/16S-4D
# 07 Feb 01:45:35.88   Nonlinear Encoding       ON/ON
# 07 Feb 01:45:35.91   Precoding                ON/ON
# 07 Feb 01:45:35.91   Shaping                  ON/ON
# 07 Feb 01:45:35.94   Preemphasis (-dB)        4/8
# 07 Feb 01:45:35.97   Recv/Xmit Level (-dB)    35/11
# 07 Feb 01:45:35.97   Roundtrip Delay (msec)   3
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.00   USRobotics Courier V.32bis Dual Standard V.34+ Fax
Link Diagnostics...
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.07   Chars sent                35710      Chars Received 
            421
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.07   Chars lost                    0
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.10   Octets sent               35693      Octets Received
            332
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.16   Blocks sent                 259      Blocks Received
             25
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.16   Blocks resent                 0
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.19   Retrains Requested            0      Retrains
Granted              0
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.25   Line Reversals                0      Blers          
              0
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.29   Link Timeouts                 0      Link Naks      
              0
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.32   Data Compression       V42BIS 2048/32
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.32   Equalization           Long
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.35   Fallback               Enabled
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.35   Protocol               LAPM 244/6
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.38   Speed                  24000/24000
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.41   Last Call              00:00:28
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.41   Disconnect Reason is DTR dropped
# 07 Feb 01:45:36.41   OK
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