John, at 20:21 on Nov 04 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

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 
JP> be possible for me.

Notice that I don't utter rude words about Telstra?  They detect these
naughty things you know, and punish you by introducing noise to your line.
:-)

David
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