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In article <B559F079966817706@cara.demon.co.uk>,
peter@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote:

>The mytery here is why it's only 33600, V34+ to Green, which is the 3Comm
>ROMP, on 212 0666. It's not the line because my Courier gets 54k into the
>same wall plug. So it has to be the Apple Internal...
>
>I wonder if fiddling with the init string will help..?

I'm still wondering. Using the Apple Internal Modem 56k script, the init
string seems to do nothing much other than confirm default settings. Fine
if you are using sending Faxes as well, which I'm not.

I've extended the experience base a little. I compared the connect rates of
the Internal modem and a Courier, to the same numbers, using the same phone
plug (with a splitter). It goes like this:

Network Access Server  Courier              Internal modem
 
Demon Red (Ascend)     50666 or 52000       49333
Demon Green (3Comm)    54666                33600***
Freeserve (Cisco)      50666                48000

***What the hell is this? Apart from being V34 and bloody slow? The other
rates are V90, so it's not that the internal is connecting with K56Flex
(which the 3Comms don't support) or anything like that. Somebody reported
they were getting good connects to Green; so am I, with the Courier...
Steve? Jonathan? Which modem script are you using?

The only difference is that the Courier is being driven via FreePPP while
the internal uses Remote Access; this should make no difference, as all I'm
measuring are reported connect rates before the internet protocols are
applied.

So; has any Apple modem maven got any bright ideas? Beyond the bleeding
obvious as in "You get what you pay for" and "Don't get rid of the
Courier"?

By the way, I can confirm that Green "prefers" scripted logons; in fact
direct logons from the Courier to Green *always* fail first time, or after
a restart, but work okay second time. Odd behaviour. From the iBook, first
time logons are reliable; they're just pointlessly slow. There may be a
connection...

Anyway, as I shall never use Green from the iBook (having Red and Purple to
play with) this is academic. But I am curious.

-- 
Peter