John, at 00:22 on Dec 22 1996, you wrote to All...

JP> =  0:21:36  CONNECT 31200/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS

JP> Not bad at all. I'm frankly surprised I connected at 31200. 
JP> Given the distance between us, and the uncertainty of line 
JP> wuality, that was quite a good connect to achieve from here 
JP> to Basywater.

In these days of FO between exchanges, the actual distance between
subscribers is more or less irrelevant.  Almost ALL signal loss occurs on
the copper between the subs and their exchanges, which is why Russell
manages 33k6 connects with Dave's Courier when calling from FNQ (the TOTAL
copper involved is less than a kilometre), yet has trouble getting even
26k4 when calling the same modem from his home in Brisbane (around 6km of
copper pair).

Regards, Bill

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