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You are correct on all points... except that the Livingston problem began at least early last August and is still not a reliable fix... and they won't give the money back on those ($17,000) units Of course Lucent or IBM could also put out a fix in software for the modem and they wont... Ray Bay On Mon, 11 May 1998 billy@MIX.COM wrote: > > Often, when there is a problem with the Mwave modem, it is because the ISP > > is using a particular brand and model of a digital portmaster... > > That'd be the Lucent (was Livingston) PM3 - they have software problems > and I suggest using MNP instead of V.42 until they get it fixed, which > by the way is taking many more _months_ than I ever thought it would... > They are well aware of the problem(s) at least. > > > In our part of the world, it appears to be a problem between US West's > > peculiar way of connecting T-1's and its channelized brothers > > The real problem here is USW charges like crazy for ISDN PRI lines so > most USW-based ISPs bring in the lines via channelized T1s instead - > better that than going broke paying the phone company. > > And if whoever has V.90 (56k) running you may need a few (like three or > so) commas after the dialed number so you end holds off until after the > two V.8 (56k negotiation tones) have passed. My MWave usually rolls > through these ok, but not every time. > > Billy Y.. > >