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 In article <837697708_OASIS_@swampdog.demon.co.uk>
  guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk (Guy Harrison) said:-

>Try dialling into a different POP - hopefully this will indicate if 
>the problem is at your end. Personally, I suffer from the "squeaky 
>moped in telephone cable" syndrome. ie if I lift up the telephone when 
>it's windy and wet it sounds like water leaking into an external 
>junction box (the line is usually quiet initially). Somehow BT seem to 
>know when it is going to be calm and dry - they only make appointents 
>for those days. ;-(
>

Well I have no trouble with voice calls, and the fax seems to work ok. I have
both sent a number of faxes and received plenty. So maybe it could be the Demon
end of things. I have two POP numbers and use one or the other when having great
difficulty with which ever I use first. Both can be just as bad though, so no
real winner there.

>>Most of the time the baud rate indicators on the modem are 
>>up and down like a brides nighty. When I do get a stable connection 
>>many is the time news will freeze and out goes the CD light.
>

>Possibly you are getting ascend modems though you should deal with the  
>first set of symptoms before considering this. Ascends typically 
>answer without any ringing tone first. After logon, type "ppp sl0" and 
>look for words along the lines of "waiting for remote to connect". If 
>you see them then try typing "ifconfig sl0 up" - this needs Nos 0.42.
>

I do sometimes connect to a modem without a ringing tone first, but then other
times I get ringing tones and no answer unitl a second dial in attempt.

To continue with modems in particular Demon modems, do they or can they keep up
with a shift in baud rate if a retrain is initiated by my modem in the case of
poor line quality ?

Just to add since my original posting I have dialled in three times and got a
first time stable connection !!? Maybe the wind is in the right direction or the
squeaky moped has buzzed off. :)

Thank You for the reply. I was getting a bit miffed and you have cheared me up.

Colin Pells. 
    
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