DD>> If you want your port & modem to lock at 38,400 you must 
DD>> send an AT command at 38,400 followed by an &W to write 
DD>> that speed to NVRAM.

PE> You just made that up.  The manual does not say what 
PE> happens. In fact, if you type ATZ at 38400, it WILL auto baud 
PE> rate detect, and send the answer, "OK" back to the computer.  
PE> It decides to send "RING" to the computer at a rate other 
PE> than 38400 though.  Fucked, either by design or by a bug.

DD> Upon an incoming call the modem sets the com port to the speed stored in 
DD> NVRAM.  That is how the USR modem works.  The book says to ensure you have 
DD> your software set to the same speed.  It does NOT set the port to the speed 
DD> of the last issued AT command.

DD> Why is this so hard for you to understand?

Why is it so hard for you to understand that a modem that sends
some things at 38400, and some things at 57600, to the SAME
TERMINAL, is fucked by design or bug?

PE> That's funny, that's exactly what I reckon they're worth 
PE> too, considering it is worse than my Spirit II.

DD> I have never been able to maintain a 33,600 connect with your Spirit . . .

I said reliable, not faster.

DD>> USR Couriers work perfectly well at my 
DD>> place, especially when I dial my host who uses someother 
DD>> brand modem.

PE> No they don't.  

DD> It fuckingwell does!  I ALWAYS get a 28,800 connect with my host.  Have 

The comment was about "work perfectly well".  They don't.

PE> Not when Rod called you.  

DD> Rod's modem is running on fencing wire.  He made a number of calls here.  
DD> SOme manages to download the file, others dropped carrier when his fucked 
DD> modem wouldn't perform the retrains.

Actually, you have a good point there.  Since I had retrains
disabled on the Spirit, it could well be Rod's modem that is
fucked retrain-wise.  He's probably never really tested that.
If I disable retrains on the USR, that should prove whether or
not that is the problem.

I guess that's what I want - no retrains done on a V32bis.  Will
the USR allow me to do that I wonder?

PE> Got a tech report from USR about that yet?  

DD> Tech reports are academic claptrap.  This modem works.  It is proved by my 
DD> connects.

It's disproved by your failed connects.  BFN.  Paul.
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