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



 DD> . . .[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.



 DD> I think Russell is suggesting that quite a few lines have NO trouble with

 DD> 33,600.  Earlier this year Russell spent some weeks in Mossman FNQ (over 

 DD> 1600Km

 DD> from here).  He polled twice a day, every day for his point mail.  He got 

 DD> about

 DD> 95% 33,600 connects, the rest being 31,200.



You are Damn right, David. That I exactly what I was suggesting.

33600/33600 both way solidly, I might add.

                                 

 DD> I get better than 95% 33,600 calls to my mail host although that is only 

 DD> from

 DD> one side of Brisbane to the other.



The only thing that is stopping any better thoughput is Telstra.

(compression on the lines, limiting the bandwidth)

You can have more speed, but you must PAY more....Lots more.



Russell

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