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In article <B2C0AC7396683DC5@cara.demon.co.uk>, peter@cara.demon.co.uk
(Peter Ceresole) wrote:

>In article <1dlhp8i.19i05jxw88cgN@odonohoe.demon.co.uk>,
>jerome@odonohoe.demon.co.uk (Jerome O'Donohoe) wrote:
>
>>I'm getting increasingly frustrated by very common "Authentication
>>failed" or "the remote side is not respondind correctly" whilst
>>attempting logon to Demon (0845 079 8666) and freeserve at v90.  No
>>problems at 33.6 on 0845 02120666 or 3535666.  Since it happens with
>>demon & freeserve I'm inclined to blame something in my iMac, 8.5.1,
>>Remote Access, all iMac & modem updaters installed. Any ideas? I thought
>>about trying freeppp as an alternative...whaddya allthink?
>
>I think it has something to do with the V90 implementation of the iMac
>internal not liking something about your local phone line- or the V90
>implementation in Ascends used by Freeserve and Demon. Or a combination of
>those factors.
>
>Try changing one of the variables by using the Demon Green Romp, 0845 212
>0666, which uses 3Com Network Access Servers (NASs), instead of Ascends. It
>might work for you, or it might not.

I was also suspicious when I set up my neighbur's new (Rev B) iMac....
Couldn't connect to Netcom at better than 28.8. Then we brought his iMac
into my house to connect to my phone line and instantly/repeatedly got
46.6. Turns out his line is DACS'd and that kills v90 stone dead. Since
noone is using the other half of his line, he asked BT to remove the DACS
-- but they are most reluctant to do so since they don't have any spare
capacity in our little hamlet.

Stan
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