On Dec 11, 1996 at 10:41 hrs, Frank Filippone of 3:632/107.103 wrote to John Clarke:

Hello Frank,

FF>>> But for modems designed with local loop losses of 7db, this could
FF>>> actually upset things, but it shouldn't.

JC>> If it came to the crunch you could always add a 7db pad to the Krone
JC>> strip.

 FF> It's likely to be built in to the line, as this would avoid this sort 
 FF> of problem all together.

Now that Telstra and Optus have come to an agreement allowing users to keep
their telephone number when they switch from one to the other it is
becoming more enticing.

Regards ... John
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