>Well, I'll just reply to my own message. The problem, as it turns out is that
>there are special characters in the file I was downloading (standard Linux core
>file), which cause the modem to retrain.
>
>Using the command:
>
>asyncmap 0x00000000
>
>Fixes basically everything. The file now downloads at 10.54 K/s, I have very
>few slowdowns whatsoever.
I posted a message to this effect 2 days ago. I wonder if improper
asynch control maps might not be causing more retrains and disconnects
than having a less than stellar modem on the client end.