a system for transmitting modern signals across a packet network with improved resistance to bursty network packet loss that includes a first and a second processor , which connect a first and second v . 32 and above modem to a first and a second side of the packet network and which provide a modified v . 42 error correction using a link access procedure for modems . the first and second processors provide a local interface to the v . 32 and above moderns , demodulate a first and second data stream from the corresponding v . 32 modems into bits , packetize the bits for transport over the packet network according to an internet protocol , and remodulate data streams received from a remote end . the modified v . 42 error correction includes a staggered redundancy of packet data , in which the staggered redundancy attaches data from a packet n 1 to a subsequent packet n l , where l & gt ; 2 .