John, at 22:45 on Oct 21 1996, you wrote to Russell Brooks ...

. . .[chomp]. . .

DK>> Yeah, right!  Pity the Telstra phone lines can't handle 
DK>> 56K. They have enough trouble handling 33.6K.

RB>> Bsssst..... WRONG

JP> Bsssst? Let us clear up the ambiguity here: Does "phone 
JP> lines" mean DIGITAL phone lines, or analogue PSTN phone 
JP> lines in the above context?

JP> I'd be surprised if a modem could push 56k down an average 
JP> PSTN phone line without truckloads of errors and drop-outs.

I think Russell is suggesting that quite a few lines have NO trouble with
33,600.  Earlier this year Russell spent some weeks in Mossman FNQ (over
1600Km from here).  He polled twice a day, every day for his point mail. 
He got about 95% 33,600 connects, the rest being 31,200.

I get better than 95% 33,600 calls to my mail host although that is only
from one side of Brisbane to the other.

David
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