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In message <ant0418060b04X#s@arcstone.demon.co.uk>
          Robin Clive-Matthews <robin@arcstone.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <4840656E07%polaris@ursaminr.demon.com.uk>, Peter Smith
> <URL:mailto:polaris@ursaminr.demon.com.uk> wrote:
> > Interestinly enough, I phoned Helpdesk again, because I was getting "No
> > Carriers". They suggested that I knock the connection speed down from
> > 33600 to 28800 (I had it set in the %B variable inside the modem), and
> > that I try using at&f1 to reset the modem to factory values, not at&f.
> > 
> > Before I did this, I couldn't actually connect, now I've not had a bad
> > connection ever since, even on the 0798666 number that I've not been able
> > to connect to for months.
> 
> Limiting the speed to 28k8 was something USR tech support suggested I try.
> Apparently it's because the 28k8 standard is better defined/adhered to.
> 
> I wasn't too pleased with this, seeing as my modem can in theory do twice
> that speed !

:-)

Did it work though?

As a followup to my post, I've now been trying for some time, probably a week
or so, and I've only had 4 bad connections. One was my fault for making the
computer busy during log on, so it missed the "connect", and the other ones,
Socketeer doesn't allow _quite_ long enough for the Negotiations.

Compare this with a 10% success rate, and I can take 4 bad ones a week!

Peter

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