Rod, at 08:33 on Feb 27 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> These line levels are positively ATROCIOUS!

RS> You can say that again, shit they look fucking awful when shown on
RS> a graph with Russ's levels when calling Paul. No wonder you alone
RS> got so much trouble when calling the Spirit with various Sportsters.

Yeah, and even at V.32bis carrier frequencies, the levels are still
(numerically) in excess of -30dBm.  Bloody hell!

BG> And now for David's stats...
BG> Note the immense difference between his and yours?

RS> Yeah, but its ALSO very interesting comparing the numbers Russ got
RS> when calling both Dave and you. It seems pretty clear that your line is
RS> pretty indifferent, Pauls line is pretty indifferent, and when you have
RS> that at BOTH ends of a particular session the result is rather obscene.

Sure looks that way, although other STD calls to 03 and FNQ don't appear to
have problems connecting at the highest link rate.  Dunno exactly where the
problem is, just that it's a fucking major one.

RS> No wonder you have been seeing initial handshaking failures much
RS> worse than anyone else, particularly in contrast to say Brenton,
RS> with the same modems in use. With V32bis Sportsters/Spirit I mean.

True, and given the above as a constant, my 90% success rate was good.

RS> And also interesting how useful these flash new line stats can be.

As long as one can interpret them, absolutely.  :)

Regards, Bill

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