Not long ago I did a similar analysis for a month of connections to 8
PM2s with USR MP/16 Couriers. I found they varied from 18% lost
carrier (1:5.5) to 11% (1:9).
When I looked to see _who_ was accounting for the lost carriers, I
found they were mostly users who had been around for some time and
began with Trumpet. Since Trumpet (older versions, at least) just
hangs up without first negotiating a termination, lost carrier is its
_normal_ disconnect reason.
When I did a similar analysis of data about a year old for one of the
same PMs, I got a significantly higher percentage of lost carriers -
around 25% (1:4) as I recall, although I didn't record it. I think
the decline in lost carriers was due to Trumpet users changing to
something else, presumably mostly to Win95.
Our PM3s show _much_ lower lost-carrier percentages. I suspect this
is mostly because we kept our analog service; people who have any
problems holding connections to PM3s choose to use our analog
numbers.
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