Rod, at 17:09 on Jan 29 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Dave lives about 20 metres from one of Brisbane's most up-to-date
BG> exchanges, but essentially, anything less than a 33600/33600 connect
BG> is due to the bandwidth of the line not being up to scratch.

RS> Nope, anything less than 33600/33600 is due to NORMAL phone line
RS> bandwidths and 33600/33600 is due to EXCEPTIONAL phone line bandwidths
RS> that you have no right whatever to demand your lines must achieve.

Is it too much to ask that our lines function at a level approaching that
of their design limit?  Personally, I think not.  It's 1996, not 1896.

Regards, Bill

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