>In my time here at Erols running all of Dial-up I have seen in many >cases of failed dial requests through a pbx. Mostly with higher speed >modems. It depends a lot of the design of the switch and frequency >response that is in common with an outgoing call. Agreed. Nothing has been sane since AT&T started making a digital version of the (in)famous Merlin PBX. More important than actual performance is the high risk of a customer plugging his very analog modem into a very digital PBX line. While most decent modems are not harmed by this sort of error (and some even give an error that clearly says "Digital Line Error"), a few will be suddenly rendered very very dead after an encounter with those so misleadingly familiar-looking, but non-analog jacks that one can encounter in many offices. That's why I LOVE the hotels that have a port on their phones (or a jack on a wall by the desk) that is clearly labeled "MODEM". That alone justifies the extra green paper required to get a suite, which are more often equipped with such amenities. God help you if you go overseas. I have quite a collection of adapters, funny plugs and who-knows-what, but one of the few cases where an engineering degree is REQUIRED is the case when one is in a strange place and one wishes to use one's laptop and modem. Consciousness: that annoying time between naps james fischer jfischer@supercollider.com ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq">http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq</A>> or <<A HREF="ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt">ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg04918.html">Re: (ASCEND) K56flex connect rate reporting? (fwd)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg04917.html">Re: (ASCEND) Erols PBX issue ?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg05312.html">Re: (ASCEND) 96 Modems in a MAX</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg04921.html">(ASCEND) 96 Modems in a MAX (fwd)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail159.html#04925"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd18.html#04925"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>