BL> I'm impressed that your zealotry finally translated to 3dB better
BL> on a mixed conect, and 6dB better USR/USR. That's twice as good...

BG> Assuming that the USR's line probe figures are accurate,
BG> of course. That they're different is not in dispute, but
BG> until I get the definitive answer from Joe at USR, I
BG> wouldn't like to speculate too much on the reasons.

BL> It doesn't matter if they are accurate... as long as they
BL> are consistent enough for comparison, and they seem to be.

You dont even know if they are REAL when a Courier
is replaced by an M34F you complete fucking dork.
Reproducible lies are just reproducible lies Bob.

BG> See my latest connects? -36dBm on Rx, and STILL 26400 both ways! ROFL!

BL> Yes! What happened? You must have dropped some interference or something.

You dont even know that anything actually changed and that you
arent just seeing statistics Bob. And we KNOW that Bill handshaking
failures with a Sportster V32bis and Spirit certainly were.

BL> A level of -36dBm is only 10mV. I'd have thought you'd get 100mV
BL> of hum o a telephone line... let alone plops, squawks and peeps!

BG> Dunno, but it only lasted 2 days, and I'm once again failing
BG> to connect with EC at full speed. Forced 26400 connects are quite
BG> good, strangely enough. Must be right on the edge, loss wise.

BL> Yair... I saw that. That was what I was rabitting on about old Pye sets in
BL> Newcastle. When you're on the edge, even 1dB (10%) makes the difference.

You dont even know its on any edge given the Sportster V32bis/Spirit stuff.

BL> It might we worth watching at your end, to see if you can relate
BL> it to weather conditions, or noise at weekends, or something.

A tad implausible when the handshaking failure rates
with Sportster V32bis/Spirit were so different to Sportster
V34/M34F. And the Sportster V34/Viper different again.

Desperately clutching at straws Bob.

Boy will you look silly if an M34F at Bills
gets perfect calls every time to Pauls M34F.
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