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>2)	USR is known to connect at a higher rate than it can actually
>	support, and then downshift.  This is NOT new behavior; USR modems
>	have done this for years.  But it leads to misleading "statistics"
>	if you look at the "connect rate" at origination, rather than
>	termination, of the call.

He acknowledges this in the article, though his opinion is that it's
overblown.

>
>3)	K56Flex is known to typically (in most implementations anyway)
>	connect at a LOWER rate than it can actually support, and then
>	upshift over the next couple of minutes.  This exacerbates the
>	discontinuity that (2) would result in.  Rickard actually
>	acknowledges this.

Also mentioned as you state.



>5)	In the realm of K56Flex, Rickard doesn't know about the S202=32 
>	init switch (primarily because he never called any of the tested 
>	ISPs tech desks).  That's an undocumented, but VERY important 
>	switch to turn on in some Rockwell versions.
>

If it's very important, why is it undocumented?  Shame on them!  USR
has had a few black eyes as well with some of their code in the past.

I agree with Curt about the Winmodems.  Rockwell pulled the same
stunt.  A friend was having trouble connecting to ExecPC with his 14.4
clone modem with a Rockwell chip.  Thanks to an ExecPC tech tip, I
ended up having to go on the Web and pull down WinRPI, a Windows-based
program and install it on his PC before he could connect to ExecPC
successfully.

Does AOL have local 56k access?  I'd like to hear what connect rates
are like for AOL users.

"There they both stood, grown up, and yet children - children in heart -
 and it was summer, warm and delightful summer."

            - the end of "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen