-=> Quoting Bill Grimsley to Mark Griffiths <=-

 BG> Mark, at 14:33 on Oct 31 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...
 
 MG> Max speed for HST is 16.8k. Max speed for V.32terbo is 
 MG> 19200, but with ASL, USRs will run at 21600.
 
 BG> Have a quote from the Courier manual...
 
 BG> HST       16.8K/14.4K/12K/9600/7200/4800 bps (Dual Standard 
 BG>           modems in HST mode with ASL up to 21.6K bps)
 
 BG> Sure looks like it says 21k6 to me.  :)
 
 MG> Yes, you are correct, that is what the manual says, but I think that this 
 MG> must be a typo... 

 BG> Dunno, but the same description has appeared in all Courier 
 BG> manuals for the last 2 years, and were it a typo, one would 
 BG> have expected it to have been corrected (or at least 
 BG> queried) by now.  It certainly appears ambiguous.

 MG> Have you EVER heard of a 21.6k HST connect actually happening? 

 BG> No, but by the same token, I never used HST with my Courier 
 BG> V.E (and my other 1988 Courier HST is only capable of link 
 BG> rates up to 9600bps).

I have forced a couple of HST connects to Jabberwocky to see what it was 
like.  Both times I got a CONNECT 16800/HST/HST/V.42bis.  I didn't know
at the time that is was supposed to be against Austel regulations to use
HST so i might make a pain of myself and query whether it actually is or not
with Austel today :-)
 
 MG> If you have a look on page K-1 (Technical Specifications), you will a 
 MG> similar list to that on page 1-6.  No mention of 21k6 with HST there...

 BG> Indeed.  Might be worth clarifying this point in the USR echo...

I might try downloading the latest V34 manual from their FTP site and see if
it has indeed been corrected.  If it still says the above it may be time that
someone pointed it out to them :-)

Regards,
Mark Griffiths.

... My hard disk is full! Maybe I'll try this message section thing.
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