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="msg11219.html">Re: (ASCEND) K56..</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11217.html">(ASCEND) Pipeline 75: Cannot dial with analog phone</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11210.html">Re: (ASCEND)56K</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11216.html">Re: (ASCEND)56K</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#11221"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd257.html#11221"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>