DH>Oh sure.  I have a fair bit of attention from engineering.
DH>I still haven't got my old lines back, though.  711/809 if
DH>I dial out, will disconnect within 15 minutes during peak
DH>time, just about regularly.

What do the techo's say?
What do the link Diags say?

I was house sitting at North Rocks recently and the phone lines
out there are atrocious. On calls to Graham Stair the receive
level was -43db, the USR still managed a smooth 2800cps, the &^%&#*
Optima got about 400 cps with many pauses/stops/retrains/disconnects
(thank goodness it's now just a "hazy" memory! :-)).

regards, Peter.

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