BB> it was a V.FC.  Every thing worked 
BB> fine until a few days ago.  Now it refuses to link up with a USR V.34 .  
When 
BB> I call the modems connect and I get a message that modem protocol was 
filtered 
BB> but the front ends, both binkley, never talk to each other.  When the 
other 
BB> BBS calls me the modems never sync.  The init string I am using the the 
BB> original the Souvestre put in this echo when the V.FC first came out.  
Does 
BB> any one have a better init string, with USRs, for use with the Optima and 
BB> binkley?
BB> 
BB> 
Bill,
   If everything was working fine before, and nothing changed on either the
   calling or remote system, it sounds like there may be a problem somewhere
   on the phone lines between your modem and the modem you are calling that 
has
   recently cropped up. Are you seeing this problem when calling just one
   location?  If you could, please issue an AT-i3 to the OPTIMA and let us
   know what it returns.  This will show us exactly what version of the modem
   you have.
Michael -- Hayes Online Services
support@os.hayes.com
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