Re: 9600 connections.

Joe Hartley (jh@metheny.brainiac.com)
Fri, 9 May 97 20:40:17 EDT

> some people will connect at 9600 9/10 times to the same modem. That same
> modem can connect at 33.6 to some people. This is too wide spread to be
> clients phone lines (I think).
>
> We have swaped modems, switched to USR's, swaped power supplies, power
> strips, cables, pm-cards... everything but the PM itself.

I don't see how it could possibly be the PM. The modems negotiate speed
themselves - the PM has nothing at all to do with it.

It is conceivable that the modem could get locked to a 9600 rate to
the PM, and not negotiate anything above that, but it would be consistent.
*No one* would get over 9600 on that modem.

You say your telco swears its not the lines. Are you *sure* they've been
tested? Have you put a phone on there and actually listened for noise?
It wouldn't be the first time a telephone company has lied to an ISP!