-=> Quoting Hayes Support to Murray Weismer <=-
 MW>He is the second USR v.everything user to
 MW>tell me that they have connect problems. 
 MW>Does anyone have a handle on this?
 
 HS> Murray,
 HS> What is the model number and version of the internal OPTIMA 288? 
 HS> If you would, please issue an ATi3 to the modem and let us know what it
 HS> returns so we can see exactly what you've got.  When the USR calls in
 HS> and gets the 'garbage' characters, what carrier speed is it getting
 HS> initially?
 HS> Michael -- Hayes Online Services
I sometimes have a similar problem here when I call my ISP using an
x2 upgraded Courier.  The ISP has a few different types of modems
and I see the problem only occasionally.  My Hayes Optima 288
connects without the garbage.  I know that none of my ISP's modems
are Hayes.
I solved the problem with my ISP by placing S54=128 in my Courier's
initialization string, which causes a Courier to connect in v.fc mode.
Not an ideal solution.  Using the Hayes to call the ISP is much
better. 
I suppose I am trying to say that x2 did introduce an interoperability
problem for a few users of Courier modems.  For what it's worth, I
call other systems and have not noticed this Courier problem with any
of the others.
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