Check out what Bill Reyna wrote on 08 Feb 97  20:06:00:
 > Hmmm... what type of connection do you get? Is it a
 > 33.6? I've found the 33.6 connections to be unstable
 > and ridiculously slow. I get much faster transfers at
 > ^^^\..In response to../^^^
 > I get 28.8 and lower, usually 21.6 and overall it works until it
 > decides to drop carrier. I don't see why and my tweeking seems to
 > help, but now instead of 1-2 min. online, I may last 5min.
I have a similiar problem with my supraexpress 33.6, it only happens with my 
ISP, not any local BBS or friend-friend.  I tried another service provider 
with no problems at all.  I think maybe your modem and your ISp modems don't 
work well together.
My link with the Internet world just seems to hang, Still online but no 
action, no nothing after 1min, sometimes 10min, sometimes I could be on for 
half an hour.  so at the moment I am contemplating switching ISP's (again) 
and currently using my old 14.4 USR (yuck :) )
mike martin
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