Re: Anybody using AT&T 28,800's on PM2E??

Patrick A. Morin (Patrick_Morin@qbc.clic.net)
Wed, 27 Sep 1995 10:25:15 EST5E

> On Tue, 26 Sep 1995 davetay@hq.tcfarm.com wrote:
>
> > If so, what is the magic necessary for keeping the connection up?? Seems
> > to be a common denomenator to the portmaster arbitrarily "hanging up"??
> > All logs are clear, simply looks as though we just hung up, even in middle
> > of downloads, etc. . .

>
> I expect it may perhaps be the quality of switches your telco is using..
> Old exchange maybe? I found that was the case here.. The modems would drop
> carrier.. Still happens if the line quality becomes unacceptable to what the
> modem thinks it may require. Very, very rare now though.
>

I have had the same problems, and the phone installations (switch,
lines, etc..) were brand new (less than 2 years old). At the instant I plugged
one of my Sportsters instead of the AT&T, everything worked perfectly.
The AT&T are just plain buggy IMHO.

Patrick

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