DB> FWIW, I can't get the same detailed stats as the USR, but I did
 DB> *finally* manage to get "AfterConn" working. 

  Aha! More data. I love data. Gimme, gimme data!

 DB> TML     -9dBm       -33dBm      027     28800/LAP-M/V.42bis/V.34
 DB> Jabba   -9dBm       -26dBm      020     28800/LAP-M/V.42bis/V.34

 DB> Lemme see - I have a higher quality connection to Queensland
 DB> than I do to Wollstonecraft here in Sydney? 

  Paul is 7dB low, locally! I'll bet his NetComm is crook. If his line
was low, you'd notice it on the telephone, talking. Everyone would
be shouting. His poor little NetComm is sending such a low signal that
Bill's Courier is spending all its time saying: "What? Speak up! What
d'yer say?"

 DB> As I understand it, the M34F is back on-line at the moment; if
 DB> Bill took his stats while the Viper was in place, then that
 DB> means that Paul's lines *are* stuffed - yes? If Bill took his
 DB> stats whilst the M34F was in place, then perhaps Paul can just
 DB> play with his NVRAM settings as I've done. 

  I thought Bill's stats were for the NetComm.

 BL> I would be inclined to FAX this data to NetComm, and ask them
 BL> why their transmit levels are so much lower than a Courier.

 DB> Because Austel "said so"?

  I expect that's probably the reason.

  It also explains why Netcomm/Netcomm connects are no better than
mixed ones: it's transmit levels as well as the software.

Regards,
Bob
   
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