Russell, at 20:11 on Feb 11 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> There's nothing too obscene in those results, but the constant 26400 
BG> connects can be easily explained by the following stats.

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RB> BUT WHY

Beats me.  There's a lot of wire between my place and the exchange though.

BG> See what happens when you start gloating about something?  :)

RB> No gloat, Bill.

Of course it was!  And I'd have done the same thing.  :)

RB> I am still getting the 14's and 15's everyday to EVERY OTHER Modem 'cept 
RB> yours and I wish I was getting that to you as well.

Good thing I'm not your boss node then.

RB> Please explain where the problem lies now!

Consider the physical length of Telstra cabling between us, the number of
connectors, amplifiers, echo cancellers, signal processors, and exchanges
etc., and your guess is as good as mine.  Suffice to say that although I
always get 28800/28800 to Dave, my polls to Paul are invariably
28800/26400, so something is definitely not quite 100%.

RB> You are spoiling my perfect record, and if you insist on doing so, I have 
RB> no choice but to come down and chop up your phone line (from where it 
RB> leaves the exchange to where it enters your house. That'll learn ya to mess 
RB> with me.

Feel free, I'll be moving up to Mossman soon anyway.  :)

Regards, Bill

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