Thanks!
Carlton
On Mon, 10 May 1999, Ed Schulz wrote:
> Carlton Houston wrote:
> >
> > I upgraded a few days ago to 3.8.2c2 on 3 PM3's. Some people's
> > connections broke, but I think we're handling that... my question is this.
> > MY computer at home has a USR Sportster 56K EXT modem on it. I ran 3COM's
> > update utility and upgraded the modem to the latest USR firmware, but then
> > the modem refused to connect. I went from an everyday expected 40K+
> > connection to struggling for a 28000 connection. (28000?) I lost my ATI
> > notes, but can get that. I tried some init strings that had been posted
> > here, and they'd make it seem better for one call, then no good the
> > next...
> >
> > Has anyone done this to themselves and fixed it?
>
> Carlton,
>
> >From what area code and exchange are you calling? If you're on a 1AESS
> switch as I am, you may find that 3Com 5.0.0 completely botches the kind of
> codec that's on our digital trunk. It doesn't matter which server I call;
> the only reliable connections are at V.34.
>
> I visited the Russian web site (URL not handy...sorry) and was able to
> install 4.9.1 on my modem, which returned to its competitive V.90 behavior
> on my line.
> --
> Ed Schulz
> edschulz@lucent.com
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