On Fri 01 Mar at 22:59 Russell Brooks (3:640/305.55) wrote to Arthur Marsh:

 RB> Tonight I also rang Texas US 3 times first using Optus 0019 
 RB> (16800 connect) then twice seconds after with Telstra 
 RB> 0011 (28800/31200 connect both times)

 RB> Is there any updated news on this new software for overseas 
 RB> links business that you were discussing earlier.

 RB> Seems that 0019 is not as good as it used to be, as you said 
 RB> before and telstra 0011 is quite good now.

 RB> I did not try 0015, I've wasted enough money this week.

For anyone who didn't catch the details:

Telstra now recommend the[ir] 0011 prefix for modem calls and have
recommended *against* using the 0015 fax prefix for modem calls.

Telstra recently upgraded their stand-alone Coherent and in-built S12 echo
cancellers to be G.165 compliant.

Some Telstra staff have been wondering about the G.165 compliance of their
equipment for a few years at least, but the problems were only identified
and fixed late in 1995 and early in 1996.

So much for the blanket claim by the then AOTC to be supporting then CCITT
Recommendations in their network... /-:

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