On Mon 06 Jan at 14:58 Russell Brooks (3:640/305.55) wrote to Arthur Marsh:

 TP> Hello Arthur,
 TP>  
 TP> You wrote to Mark Griffiths:

 AM>> What was the S/N ratio reported?
 TP>  
 MG>> The Austel SDLs don't report SNR...

 AM>> Strange...

 TP> Perhaps Austel thought the numbers might embarrass our 
 TP> telco.

 RB> I was told by the Tech that trained my hybrids, that Telstra 
 RB> will only guarrantee 30db S/N. Is this in the standard?

The standard (Austel Technical Standard 027 - 1996) mentions a
signal-to-total- distortion ratio of 23 dB. I believe that 30 dB is an
"in-house" limit that Telstra use.

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