Some things I have tried with modems...

Tell it not to wait for a dial tone...

and put commas in the string...

say we dial 9 to get out...

I will put 9,, with the 2 commas then the phone number...commas are considered pauses

I also had one dell the needed commas after the phone number

555-1212,,,

Slows down the handshake........

You can also try to remove the lsa extensions on the moden connection properties

Also can depend on your line quality...we had one line that wouldnot connect or drop the connection due to interference on the line...(win modem)

After repeatedly calling the telco about it they responded....."it is voice quality....and thats what we pay for."

The only way to resolve was to ensure that we had quality hardware modems....external

Try a different one.....


MLF