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From: vernon@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (Vernon King)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: No hang-ups
Message-ID: <4710017@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
Date: 26 Feb 91 17:51:35 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
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I think you might be happier with a leased line rather than dial-up. You are
asking for alot. In our area maintenance is done by the phone company in the
middle of the night and unless you tell them you will lose the connection once
in a while due to their routine maintenance. I would not assume you will be 
able to stay on line for extreme long periods. If you do go with v-32 I would
configure the modems to tolerate periods of poor line quality so the connection
would not be dropped as is configured in some default configurations. Check 
with your vendor for this information. You might have better luck with a PEP
telebit type modem but interactive performance might suffer. I have noticed thatPEP is more tolerant of poor line quality or long distance connections than v-32modems.

                                   Vernon


P.S. Its all magic anyway and your results may vary