On Wednesday, October 30 1996, Russell Brooks wrote to John Piper ...

 JP> If you're reading, Russell, I'd be interested to see what sort of
 JP> a connect you can achieve to my system down here in Sydney.

 RB> Were I am aat the moment I haave lousy lines and only get 33600/31200
 RB> to David because He is on the front door step of his exchange.

I'm relatively close to mine too, but not as close as David is to his.

 RB> I will probably be back up in FNQ in Jan/Feb/March were I will be sittiing
 RB> on the door of the exchange as well. I will do some tests with you from
 RB> there for sure.

Sounds good. Looking forward to it.

 RB> And I will try from here to you this week some time...but it wouldn't
 RB> be to Flash.. I tell ya.

Yes, I've noticed in my logs. Icky 26400 connect this morning.

 RB> As I have said before if you want rock solid 33600/33600 both ends
 RB> have to be at the doorstep of their exchanges (you have to be able to
 RB> see it from your house.)

I'm not that privileged, but over all my line quality is quite good.

 JP> I can manage a 31200/31200 connect to M34Fs, but seemingly not 33600.

 RB> I am betting it is the difference in Trellis codeing or Constellation,
 RB> being the reason USR's cant get 33600 to Rockwells.

If that's true, it's a shame, since there are far more Rockwells around
than USRs. I hope that 33600 bps connects (when one modem is a Courier) are
not limited to people with a Courier at each end.

John (japp{at}mpx.com.au)

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