AFTER MANY HOURS OF TRIAL AND ERROR BY A NON-FUNDI THIS SETUP WORKS WELL ON SOUTH AFRICAN PHONE LINES AND PROVIDES FAST EFFICIENT DATA TRANSFER FOR THE US ROBITICS SPORTSTER 14400 INTERNAL MODEM. USRobotics Sportster 14400 Fax Settings... B0 E1 F1 L2 M1 Q0 V1 X3 BAUD=19200 PARITY=N WORDLEN=8 DIAL=HUNT ON HOOK &A3 &B1 &C1 &D2 &G0 &H0 &I0 &K3 &M4 &N0 &P1 &R2 &S0 &T5 &Y1 S00=000 S01=000 S02=043 S03=013 S04=010 S05=008 S06=002 S07=030 S08=002 S09=006 S10=007 S11=050 S12=050 S13=000 S14=001 S15=000 S16=000 S17=000 S18=000 S19=000 S20=000 S21=010 S22=017 S23=019 S24=150 S25=005 S26=001 S27=000 S28=008 S29=020 S30=000 S31=000 S32=008 S33=000 S34=006 S35=000 S36=000 S37=000 S38=000 S39=000 S40=000 S41=000 S42=000 S43=000 S44=015 S45=000 S46=000 S47=000 S48=000 S49=000 S50=000 S51=000 NB- REMEMBER TO SAVE THESE SETTINGS INTO NVRAM BY ENTERING AT&W IN THE COMMAND LINE MODE. TIP FOR BELTEL USERS When you go into Beltel Select change configuration,Initialization string and type "AT&F&M0&C1" and then save your configuration. This string will load the USR factory defaults and modify them slightly and works with BELTEL. Of course when you back into your comms software to access your favorite BBS you must then restore your NVRAM which you do by putting an additional initialization string in your comms package of "ATZS0=0S7=30V1Q0X3". JUMPER SETTINGS: 1= OFF 2= OFF 3= ON 4= OFF 5= ON 6= OFF 7= OFF 8= ON I have also found a simple, yet efficient and small comms package called LYNC which I am going to download onto the BBS. I have tried all the Fancy name brands and found them to be far too complicated. Hope this helps someone who is perhaps struggling like I did.