BG> I doubt it was the massive amount of rain we'd had (even at that time),
BG> as that should have degraded the levels between us, not improved them.

RS> Not necessarily, that pronounced shift to better db levels
RS> can be due to it being wet. What Telstra call an HR joint, high
RS> resistance. High humidity levels can help them quite noticeably.

BG> True, the resistance can indeed become lower, although
BG> in my experience, it's still far more common for water
BG> to degrade bandwidth and line levels than improve them.

Sure, but we arent interested in whats more common, you claimed that its
unlikely that the higher moisture levels are the reason for the change
we saw. In fact its VERY likely. And its also not as likely that a
change Telstra did would produce that particular change detail wise.

BG> Vocie calls have been particularly scratchy here since
BG> the deluge, and have only just started to improve again.

True, but we do know that those can be quite audible
without worrying v34 very much from Russ's FNQ calls.

BG> Funny that the modem stats haven't really reflected this though.

Its not that vital a factor with a modern high performance trellis
protocol. S/N is important, but that particular type of noise doesnt
usually have a massive effect on S/N as far as it affects V34 performance.

RS> I went for absolutely ages with one particular person
RS> having absolutely atrocious results, even at 300 baud.

BG> Christ, he should have had perfect performance even
BG> on a wet piece of string at that bit rate.  Must
BG> have been a pretty fucking bad HR joint then.

Yeah, rural lines, long way too.

BG> Incidentally, we've just had 60% of our average annual
BG> rainfall in the last 10 days, with the bulk of that
BG> amount falling in the last 6 days (1120mm/44" here alone).

RS> Yeah, talk about fucking wet. No wonder everyone has gone gurgle gurgle |-)

Who'd be a fucking farmer, desperately short for years, then 10' under |-)

BG> There were a couple of major benefits though.  The previously
BG> almost empty Lake Moogerah (supplies the Fassifern Valley)
BG> is now full, as is the North Pine dam, and the others are
BG> up to at least 85% of capacity. About time too.

Have they lifted the odd/even watering restrictions ?

BG> The other good thing is that the Maccas at Grafton
BG> was completely submerged - all you could see of it was
BG> the big M sign sticking out of the Clarence River.  :)

Didnt see that. Did see they had called off the 75th anniversary airshow tho.
Bit sad given the flash hardware flown in for the occasion, B2 and all.
@EOT:

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