-=> Quoting Russell Brooks to Mark Griffiths <=-

 MG>> My Uni has a bank of 33.6k Netcomm rack modems.  Almost invariably, I 
 MG>> have 
 
 RB>> Your Uni.... Do you mean Griffiths Uni
 MG> No, to be pedantic, the univeristy that I attend - Univeristy of
 MG> Queensland.

 RB> Oh dear, I thought I had met an Aristocrat

I'm sorry I disappointed you...
 
 MG>> Another problem with these modems is the fact that they do not offer 
 MG>> asymmetrical link rates.
 RB>> Cheap skates
 MG> Yeah!  Rotten Rockwells :-)

 RB> It makes me angry that these big companies will not work in harmony.
 RB> The end result ALWAYS suffers and we all just put good money after
 RB> bad, in the hope that we get what was advertised and nothing less.

In this case its just certain companies cutting corners :-)

 RB> In the perfect world, once 33600 modems were invented, EVERYONE should
 RB> be connecting 100% to everyone else at 33600 rock solid...but no....

Oh well there are phones lines that can cause problems in between as well 
of course. :-(

Regards
Mark Griffiths.

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