MR> Well after much comment about my Dynalink V34+' performance because of 

 MR> noisy

 MR> phone lines, yesterday I got the Telstra man out to check them.



 MR> Surprise, surprise - he had tests done on the line and reckons that the 

 MR> line is

 MR> "great" there is no noise whatever. As an aside he
mentioned my exchange 

 MR> was

 MR> only 2klms away at Camp Hill.



 MR> This brings me to my problem:  If my lines are good but stats from the 

 MR> modem

 MR> suggest otherwise, then what could be the cause?  what should I look for 

 MR> eg

 MR> does

 MR> the length of the phone line from the wall to the modem make any 

 MR> difference,

 MR> does putting a connector in the middle of that cord have any bearing.



 MR> The Telstra man reckons that with the quality of my line I should hve no

 MR> trouble

 MR> getting high speed connects on a regular basis and my equipment is most 

 MR> likely

 MR> at fault.



I wouldn't take his word for it until I visited your place with one of

my own modems and checked things out for my self.



I wanted to run some tests with your modem, when Randall and I went

over to your place yonks ago ( hard drive installation)

But as usual we ran out of time.



The sooner Randalls 5 year old daughter gets her own car and can drive

herself home from school, the better.

I cant see myself getting to your place in the future now, sorry



Russell



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