david, at 10:47 on Mar 17 1996, you wrote to Paul Edwards ...

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db> I asked about iffy links to you with clean links to DD in 
db> QLD;  he reckons that the noise was introduced either at my 
db> local exchange (Sefton, to Burwood, to North Sydney, to 
db> Wollstonecraft), or that there must be an analogue exchange 
db> at *your* end as well (not North Sydney, perhaps 
db> Wollstonecraft).

db> He didn't have a document covering that part of Sydney, so 
db> couldn't check.

db> I asked about why -13dBm transmissions were coming out so 
db> low (-33dBm) at the other end.  "Copper wire", was the 
db> response - "Fibre doesn't introduce that kind of lossage, 
db> that's gotta be the copper".

I asked my local Telstra contact about digital exchange penetration around
Brisbane.  He told me that it was commercially sensitive information and
advised me where to go.  Not wishing to see Rod Speed in person, I didn't
go.

David
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