Paul, at 07:52 on Feb 21 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> My Sportster to Paul's Courier ALWAYS shows an aftercall stats link rate of 
BG> 28800/26400 (or it has since I began checking this about 10 days ago).  
BG> This tells me that one of us has lines which could be improved a tad, and 
BG> given that the vast majority of my calls to other V.34 modems connect at 
BG> 28800 both ways, it's not hard to guess where I'm pointing the finger.

PE> Pity that my lines were absolutely perfect when I had a Spirit online.

They weren't perfect at all, just sufficient bandwidth to handle 14400
symbol rates without problem.  28800 is pushing the capabilities of ANY
twisted pair to its limits though.
  
PE> Anyway, I get 33600/33600 connects to David Drummond. Oh and one at 
PE> 33600/31200 too.  Try explaining that away now.

Nothing to explain.  Each time you call, you'll get a completely different
physical path for the call.  Nothing strange about that.

PE> BTW, my logs support what you say, at least on your last call, 26400/28800.  

And my second call to your M34F was 28800/28800.  The first one connected
at 26400, then immediately dropped carrier on me.  Check your logs.

Regards, Bill

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