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 :-) >>> >>> >> >>++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ >>To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com >>To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> >> > > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11212.html">Re: (ASCEND) Pipeline 75, 2 channels, and ACO (slight modify)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11255.html">(ASCEND) PPP vs MP - Win95 Dialup user</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11216.html">Re: (ASCEND)56K</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11272.html">Re: (ASCEND)56K</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#11220"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd258.html#11220"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>