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From: msc@qubix.UUCP (Mark Callow)
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Subject: Re: ACU connection timeouts
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Date: Thu, 2-Jun-83 22:16:38 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  2 22:16:38 1983
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	I too have noticed systems calling us and not waiting long
	enough for an answer.  I have modified conn.c so that the
	timeout is calculated based on the length of the number.
	(10 digits is assumned to be long distance and gets a
	big timeout.)  I then program the dialer with this value
	(a Hayes Smartmodem 1200) and add 10 secnds and use the
	new value for the alarm call.

	I have used timeouts as long as 75 seconds because I was
	trying to call the East Coast via Sprint/MCI.  These calls
	never worked and I abandoned the attempt.  I now use a 50
	second timeout on long distance calls via Ma Bell.

	[The reason Sprint/MCI is NBG (I believe) is because they use
	half duplex statistical multiplexers in their networks which
	obviously don't allow full duplex 212a modems to work over
	the same lines.]

				Mark Callow