Rod, at 05:09 on Jun 30 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Paul, are you having any obvious problems with your lines lately? Some of
BG> my recent calls have been fucking atrocious, and today's was no exception..

RS> Have you tried blowing in Optus's ear
RS> about their local phone call service yet ?

No, but it can't be too far away now.  We've had them installing cables
locally for a couple of weeks, so with a bit of luck, Optus' local calls
will turn up a bit sooner than the recently mooted 12 months.  If I can
eliminate the copper between here and the exchange, 90% of my attenuation
problems should disappear.

RS> Corse that would be REAL bleeding edge stuff right
RS> now, but with that decent USR capability to measure
RS> the lines themselves, could be very interesting indeed.

Can't be any worse than the current lines.  Bloody hell, some calls to Paul
connect at 28800, while others are as low as 16800 lately, and this appears
to be completely unrelated to the time of day, too.

RS> Main problem from your point of view is that the weekday offpeak
RS> rates are much more expensive than Telstras for mail runs etc.

True, but by the same token, Optus also GUARANTEE that their bill will
never be dearer than the equivalent bill from Telstra, so it might be worth
considering taking them up on their offer.

Regards, Bill
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