JB>> RT> Yeah, except here, I don't have a choice ... :-(

JB>>When POTS service here gives me 33.6 *if* the wind blows the right way; cry
JB>>a river. <-| I was getting consistent 28.8 transfers with the
old V.FC if
JB>>th
JB>>line was stretched to my West, but connecting to a node North of me -
JB>>massiv
JB>>line noise and dropped carriers. It seems to happen to this day! (Yes, HW
JB>>handshaking cable on an external modem. Same machine, same modem, same
JB>>settings...)


 TW>  SO gows the state of repair of the old Copper Lines. And it
 TW> will ONLY get worse, SO be grateful for what you have. I am and
 TW> youer lines sound like what I have.

*copper*?!!?? i didn' know they made barbed wire out of copper! mine shure
ain't and its easy to tell when ol'e bossy is scratchin' 'er rump on the
post or eatin' grass thru the wire :)

)\/(ark