-=> Quoting Russell Brooks to Frank Croft <=-

 FC> I dont own a courier or whatever, and it seems the message should have 

 RB> And Yes, I can see that you don't even know what a "Courier" is.

Ummm a modem?

 RB> If the 3 of you owned USR Courier V.Everything modems you could see
 RB> that your link rate may connect at a certain figure, but has many ways
 RB> of changing speeds all the time
 RB> (fall forward/fall backward, retrain, speedshift)
 RB> 99% of the time a USR will conncet at a cetain rate and if you do a
 RB> line probe 1 second later, you see that it has trained up one notch.

This sounds reasonable, but if I am transfering files it tells me the cps
rate so as long as it is about 3200 I'm happy, this would be a normal rate
for 28.8?

Looking at my 'glue and go' as you put it, modem manual it has an
option of speed shift up/down. 
What is the point of shifting down please, I obviously havent been that much
informed of modems faster that the little 9600 I used to use.

Also, what is the benefit in buying a modem that is more expensive than your
glue 'n' go. For me I dont give a shit about voice mail, pretty lights, nice
cover, x-files logo, plug pack for wall, all I need is something to change the
output of my computer into something that can travel down the phone line
and as I have so far found, I have no probs with this fairly average modem
that I am using, it seems to achieve transfer rates that are what I have heard
on this and other conferences as being quite good. So its all I need.


Sorry if I upset you. Just trying to swap information.
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