LAIRD KELLY banged on his keyboard a messie to JONAS MAEBE:
JM>JM>Any Idea why the TX level is lower (or is that higher :)? The
 LK> The TX level is higher to compensate for loop loss (normal
 LK> loss in a phone line is around 8 dB with a maximum loss of
 LK> 17 dB) - a TX level of -12dBm will result in a *minimum* RX
 LK> level of -29dBm (Bell spec for a normal voice circuit) at
 LK> the other end (assuming the maximum loss of 17dB)
Thanks for the explanation.
Cya,
            Gamefreak 
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