DM> Your failed connects would be cheaper than my local calls. :-(

BG> 'Fraid not.  Unless I physically hear the failed negotiation myself and 
BG> abort the connect, by the time Binkley has realised that the call's a dud, 
BG> it has gone beyond the time limit for cheaper calls.

Not if you set your modem to hang up on a failure to get error
correction.  BFN.  Paul.
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