RM> I'm not 100% sure if I have it right, but this (and the next few)
RM> connect should be: &k2&m5s27=32, ie ARQ mode, V42 and LAPM disabled
RM> (so it should attempt only MNP), compression enabled (which means
RM> it will probably attempt MNP5 compression - isn't this syupposed to
RM> be slightly less efficient than V42bis on precompressed files?)

Thanks.  You are correct, better to switch off compression.  
There's no need for compression here anyway.  BFN.  Paul.
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