Roy, at 20:23 on Nov 24 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

RM> Get a 14400 Sweatsock!.

BG> Why?  I've already had 3 of them -

RM> all 14400s??

Yep, they most assuredly were, Ollie.  one each US internal and US
external, as well as (dunno what came over me) an Austel external, which
the redoubtable David Drummond actually bought from me when I upgraded to
V.34.  

RM> Apart from the "you dummy" winfax situation outlined above, I've
RM> never had two failures in a row, so I've put it down to an
RM> occasional bad line.

Although I've only had successive bad connects no more than half a dozen
times over all, I still can't see it being "occasional bad lines"
myself.  As Rod quite correctly suggests, the fact that it NEVER occurs
when calling any other modem is pretty graphic evidence that the Spirit
code is basically crap.

RM> Maybe you need to move north.

Only if I lived in a the other hemisphere.  Ergo, south will do just fine,
thanks all the same.  As Lyn and I get older, we appear not to tolerate the
excessive heat and humidity anywhere near as well as we used to.

RM> ps dunno about the "need for speed" - a guy at work does a bit of
RM> internet hunting, and the last file he downloaded averaged 0.3
RM> kbaud. The 2400 baud modem built into his bubby Dauphin palmtop
RM> works just fine, thank you...

Seems to be a common problem with some internet providers, regardless of
the theoretical top speeds of their modems.  Very evident when testing
modems at CHH too.  A pity, as internet is exactly the place you need the
ability to DL as quickly as possible (time-charged connects).

Regards, Bill

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