Paul, at 23:43 on Jan 27 1996, you wrote to All...

PE> ROFL!  I'm getting better connects to David Drummond than
PE> Dave Hatch.  With David I just got a 33600 connect, which
PE> ATI6 then decided was 33600/33600, yet with Dave I got
PE> a 31200 connect, which ATI6 said was 31200/28800.  BTW,
PE> does this absolve *my* phone line? 

Dave lives about 20 metres from one of Brisbane's most up-to-date
exchanges, but essentially, anything less than a 33600/33600 connect is due
to the bandwidth of the line not being up to scratch.  It basically can't
be anything else anyway.  Even if you made several successive calls to the
same number, you'd likely never get the same physical path, so line
conditions will even vary between similar calls.  It's just another
unfortunate fact of life.

Regards, Bill

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