--- telnetlib.py	2009-02-12 19:45:39.000000000 -0500
+++ telnetlib.py.new	2009-02-12 19:44:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -421,26 +421,27 @@
         buf = [b'', b'']
         try:
             while self.rawq:
-                c = self.rawq_getchar()
+                char = self.rawq_getchar()
+                c = char[0]
                 if not self.iacseq:
                     if c == theNULL:
                         continue
-                    if c == b"\021":
+                    if c == b"\021"[0]:
                         continue
                     if c != IAC:
-                        buf[self.sb] = buf[self.sb] + c
+                        buf[self.sb] = buf[self.sb] + char
                         continue
                     else:
-                        self.iacseq += c
+                        self.iacseq += char
                 elif len(self.iacseq) == 1:
                     # 'IAC: IAC CMD [OPTION only for WILL/WONT/DO/DONT]'
                     if c in (DO, DONT, WILL, WONT):
-                        self.iacseq += c
+                        self.iacseq += char
                         continue
 
                     self.iacseq = b''
                     if c == IAC:
-                        buf[self.sb] = buf[self.sb] + c
+                        buf[self.sb] = buf[self.sb] + char
                     else:
                         if c == SB: # SB ... SE start.
                             self.sb = 1