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<Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov> wrote in message
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> "DemoDisk" <packrat@nospam.com> wrote:
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> >"pcbutts1" <pcbutts1@leythosthestalker.com> wrote in message
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> >> Back in the day before hi-speed I used to could diagnose connection
> >problems
> >> by listening to the modem sounds when I worked for AT&T. ;0)
>
> >How do you diagnose them now?  I've had no f*ing end of modem and
> >connection problems.
>
> You keep the speaker on until it connects and listen to them.
>
> You can listen to them negotiate settings between the two, and tell if
> they are going to connect or an ATZ is in order.
>
> Running a 6 line BBS I kept the speakers on - loved to hear a connect.
>
> I don't know the tones after 14.4 - dropped the BBS at that before the
> higher speeds.
>
> You can always set ATS10=200 that will keep you connected :) even if
> the other modem drops carrier.
>
> Google: AT modem codes
> for more
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Thanks, Pennywise.    Is it common for an ISP to terminate connections,
even if they're active? I'm sometimes online (dialup) for hours, and
when the clock reaches 4 hrs, pfft, connection ended, whether I'm d/ling
or reading.

Granted, I should get a life, but websurfing has been a good substitute.
Problem is, dialup is
    So            Damn        Slowwwwww.

JPM