Rod, at 09:37 on Mar 15 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

RS> And if you did some tests with M34F/M34F and a decent connect
RS> every time, thats more evidence that its not poor too.

What a shame that the M34F/M34F connects were actually demonstrably worse
that either USR/USR or USR/M34F then.  So much for the theory that
NetComm/NetComm would give the best connects.  :)

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%L   View Receive Level or Set Transmit Level
       = 0     Display current receive level (-dBm)
%Q   Display current line quality (EQM) (0=perfect >10=poor)
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Note that a line quality >10 is considered to be poor?  Then read on...

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atdt024361785 (Paul's M34F from another M34F)

Terminal      : 57600  8 data bits  No Parity
Line          : 28800  V.34
Error Correct : LAPM
Compression   : V.42bis tx/rx
Encryption    : None
Current EQM   : 024
EQM Retrain at: 098
Rx Level(-dBm): 032
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That's crap.  An Rx level of -32dBm with a line quality of 24 !  How many
times do I need to repeat that Paul's lines are nearly as bad as mine here
?

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atdt38681597 (David's Courier from an M34F)

Terminal      : 57600  8 data bits  No Parity
Line          : 26400  V.34
Error Correct : LAPM
Compression   : V.42bis tx/rx
Encryption    : None
Current EQM   : 009
EQM Retrain at: 098
Rx Level(-dBm): 023
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Dave's is considerably better though.  An Rx level of -23dBm, with a line
quality of 9, which is still extremely marginal.

Regards, Bill

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