JT> I had another dropout in the middle of a menu last
JT> night, my modem reported a "normal" disconnect by remote.

Sure, that can certainly happen, most obviously with
the other end rebooting, on a power flick or whatever.

JT> Is this where I get paranoid and suspect a conspiracy?

Yeah, its Telstra deliberately disconnecting calls so they get
another 25c call charge charge racked up when you call back.

JT> The next connect on another line was at 26.4 with level of
JT> -30dBm, EQ of 3. It worked fine.  I didn't get stats of the first
JT> bad one, what should I be expecting for the eye quality number?

It aint an absolute once its been filtered thru the rather
inadequate way that modem chipsets get to measure it.
@EOT:

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