🚀 go-pugleaf

Richard Townend (richard@townend.com) wrote:
> On 12 Nov 96 18:38:14 GMT, malcolm@muir-et2.staff.demon.net (Malcolm
> Muir) wrote:
> 
> >The level sent by the ascends is set in accordance with the
> >requirements of the BSI for such equipemnt. It can not be varied
> >without breaking the approval for connection.
> >
> >If the level was too low (as you suggest) and increasing the gain
> >of your line by BT cured the problem, I suggest the fault lay in
> >the setup of your line and you were simply fortunate that the
> >connection path to the analogue USR modems was less lossy that that
> >to the Ascends.
> >
> >From the evidence you present here, your problem was a faulty line.
> >
> Malcolm,
> 
> Please excuse my ignorance if I have this wrong, but: if I can connect
> first time every time on most other access numbers (I've tried a few,
> obviously not all) at 28.8k , but 9 times out of 10 only get the
> constant tone after the handshake on the 33.6k beta line (0845
> 3535666), then surely this must be an incompatibility problem between
> my modem and Demon's equipment on this specific number, not a line
> problem.

I received this by email and answered by email. I am too busy at
present to resurect the email reply and post it here.

It you are going to email *and* post to news, PLEASE make it VERY
clear that the email is a copy that does not need a reply. 

-- 
Malcolm S. Muir                                Demon Internet Ltd.
Sunderland                                     322 Regents Park Road
England                                        London N3 2QQ