Which also means they won't get to hear the full connection "song" as their modem explores all the different coding and error correction options to negotiate th

Which also means they won't get to hear the full connection "song" as their modem explores all the different coding and error correction options to negotiate the best connection. A full rack of modems connected to a server made our server room into discordant cathedral, sporadic modem sopranos overloaded on the thrum of the big tape drives bursting writes.