On Sun 16 Feb at 10:07 Steven Anderson (3:623/683) wrote to David Drummond:

 SA>  I still think there is a way to get more, hell, HST, a 
 SA> VERY OLD PROTOCOL now still kicks butt over the all 
 SA> mighty V.34 on noisey lines! (yeah, its half duplex but 
 SA> still, V.34 does not even CONNECT!)..

Gene Lowry, the USR_MODEMS moderator has also acknowleged that there are
some line conditions that will permit V.32bis operation or V.34 operation,
but not HST, so it doesn't always go in HST's favour.

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