On 03 Jul 96  09:21:53, Russell Brooks wrote to All:



 RB> Yesterday I was talking to Telstra Customer service.

 RB> I told him that I was maybe 3 km from the exchange and that my

 RB> connects were suffering because of the distance.

 RB> 

 RB> This knowledgeable kid (to Telstra standards) proceeded to tell me

 RB> that the area I live in is undulating  and that slows down the

 RB> the signals (causing a weaker signal and therefore a weaker connect)

 RB> 

 RB> We are talking about a landline here.!!!!!

 RB> 

 RB> He seriously believes that electricity has trouble going up & down

 RB> hills.



I agree that electricity has troubles going up the hill but my

experience when living in Mt. Glorious shows that there is no

trouble at all going down.



 RB> I MUST GO and buy a house that is downhill from the exchange now.



It really depends if you transmit or receive more data....



Cheers,

Tom             



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