.. One fine day, Bill waffled to Paul..

 Hello Bill,

 BG> Hey Paul, will you please fix your heap-of-shit Spirit, or piss it
 BG> off and buy a real modem?  On at least six different occasions in the
 BG> last fortnight, the modems negotiate, then just as I'd expect a connect
 BG> message, the sequence starts again, but just with a single tone which
 BG> continues until I drop carrier.  Once or twice I could handle, but
 BG> every second day is a royal PITA, especially at STD rates.

 Do you have a Maestro ? I don't know if that is relevant, but I 
 have the same problems.

 BG> BTW, this happens as late as 0830 DST (I simply gave up after that).

 It happens anytime, but since I call around 2300-2400, it seems 
 to happen most noticeably then.
 
 BTW when I was in QLD, the problem did not occur once, and I 
 called at least 6 times - the failure rate in Syd is usually 
 50%.
 
 I thought it was the phone line in Syd, but then after I got 
 back I had no failed negotiations because I was using the laptop 
 instead of the desktop PC that I had in the past. So I thought  
 I had a crook serial port or cable.
 
 Until last night. Failed negotiation.
 
 So it's either the phone line or the modem. And I was pretty 
 sure you had a Maestro.
 
 Dieter
 

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