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- From: Leigh@Alexandria.com (Leigh Daniels)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Awful connect stats on Penril -- Need Info
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 14:54:41 -0500
- Organization: AlexaNet
- Message-ID: <Leigh-1602961454410001@merlin.alexandria.com>
- References: <uportDMH82n.JEK@netcom.com> <4fm9es$fhv@news.accessone.com>
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- In article <4fm9es$fhv@news.accessone.com>, salvo@eskimo.com wrote:
-
- >In <uportDMH82n.JEK@netcom.com> Microport wrote:
- >
- >> So, what I'd like to know is, what's been your percentage of
- >> successful connects? What kind of modem are you using? What's
- >> your normal successful connect speed? All this will help me
- >> decide whether to try to get a refund or not. Thanks!
- >
- >I've been using a Penril Alliance for two weeks, and I would say it is
- >batting within the range of 95-100%. On a rare occasion the handshake
- >starts off bad and goes nowhere; it clearly "sounds" wrong as well. Can't
- >say whether it's my end, my ISP's end, or the teleco "clowd"(it's probably
- >the latter). About 5% of the successful connections start out "shaky"(ie,
- >above average number of Hxx codes are displayed), but eventually resolve
- >into a successful connection. Yes, occasionally it drops a line, but this
- >seems only to happen when I have another point-to-point(ppp1) session
- >running on a second line; so it is probably a configuration issue I need
- >time and experience to figure out. Half of the time it starts at 24.0, and
- >half of this ultimately ramps up to 26.4 within a couple of minutes.
- >
- >I have done next to nothing(adjusted only two settings) to get my v.34 up
- >and running. When I get past some of my other priorities, I plan to explore
- >all the features this gem has to offer. I have long learned that better
- >things cannot be acquired only with money; they also require some investment
- >in time and patience. Years back I went throught the same paces with a
- >Telebit; I learned a lot, and never regretted the effort.
- >
- >Hang in there!
- >--
- >>< Marc J. Salvatori |
- >><
- >>< mailto:salvo@eskimo.com | MIME & NeXTMail are accepted
- >><
-
- I've had a very similar good experience with mine. Whenever I get
- disconnects or repeated slow connections (< 21Kbps) I call the telco
- repair number and report "noise or static on the line". They check (and
- usually fix) the problem and I'm back to good, solid connections.
-
- **Leigh Daniels
- Ann Arbor MI
- Leigh@Alexandria.com
- "Follow the Light, not the lamp; shatter the lamp, the Light remains." -- Anon.
-