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Re: (ASCEND)56K

Actually, I was talking to him tonight and he swears it true.

I suspect he might actually need a modem software update !

Unfortunately Its a long way to travel to him to see for myself as it
is over 800km (thats about 500 miles) to see things from his end....
and dirt roads/tracks/bush bashing to get to there.




On Mon, 1 Dec 1997 08:07:28 -0600, Greg Hale wrote:

>Was that 76 kilometers back to the C.O.  I would guess that the customers
>modem is lying to him.  If he's getting a true 50K connection at this
>distance you should figure out how and quick.  Finding out he is overcoming
>the laws of physics could prove quite profitable.  Maybe even a Nobel prize
>for Science.
>
>Greg
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Leon McCalla <ascend@caribbeanlink.com>
>To: Gary Stern <cairns@cairns.net.au>; ascend-users
><ascend-users@max.bungi.com>
>Date: Monday, December 01, 1997 12:34 AM
>Subject: Re: (ASCEND)56K
>
>
>>In that case, The Phone company has either installed repeaters or you are
>>using extremely low resistance shielded cable. I was refering to "standard"
>>wires.
>>
>>Leon
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Either way, the deciding factor is the length and quality of the last
>>18,000
>>>>feet of copper. if the CO is on your block you will get 53,333. if you
>>live
>>>>18 miles from the nearest telephone pole and the phone company has to
>>>>multiplex calls down your dirt road to give you a second line, you will
>>>>scrape by to be able to even get 33.6k
>>>>
>>>>Leon McCalla
>>>>
>>>
>>>maybe with your x2, but here in oz, i've noticed, that distance isn't
>>>so critical.
>>>
>>>I have a regular user getting 50k with flex his copper run, which is
>>>42km of aerial cable to his property boundary, then another 32k
>>>underground to his local crossbar exchange then 140km to the main axe
>>>exchange for the area.... so explain that eh :-)
>>>
>>>
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