In a message on  On Saturday, November 02 1996, Bill Grimsley wrote to John Piper 
 JP> ...

 BG> That's fairly irrelevant in these days of fibre optic 
 BG> between most (if not all) major exchanges, where the digital 
 BG> signal is regenerated evry 50-80km.  The real problem occurs 
 BG> between the exchange and the subscriber, where distance 
 BG> really does make a vast difference to usable bandwidth.

 JP> Given that I'm not that far from my exchange (I estimate 700 
 JP> metres), one would think that achieving 33600 connects would be 
 JP> possible for me.
The important factor is not how far you are from the exchange but the total
lenght of copper in the circuit - (you to your exchange) + (from the other
exchange to the other modem). Something between 3 and 4 km was quoted the
other night by a Maestro rep at a meeting as the limit for 28.8 to 33.6
calls.

Regards

John

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