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Re: 56Kb modem/phone line test

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From: Fred Hartley
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 00:00
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On Sat, 23 Nov 1996 10:26:06 GMT, andy@jabber.demon.co.uk 
(Andy Burns) wrote:

>Fred Hartley wrote:
>
>>I have been puzzling why my USR 28800 Courier V.34 Data Fax Modem
>>never achieves 28800 when connecting to Demon. My last connection to
>>Demon at 14:40 hrs today was at 21600. I dialled the above number at
>>15:01hrs and 15:15hrs and both times connected at 28800.
>>
>>It seems to me that low connecting speeds in my case are not due to
>>modem init strings, housewiring,  local BT lines or my digital
>>exchange, but something at Demon's end.
>
>Are you cennecting though a PBX ?
	
No this is an ordinary residential line connected to the local BT
exchange which was updated to full digital earlier this year. 
I am dialling 0171 664 0666 from an 0181 number.


Fred Hartley
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Subject: Re: 56Kb modem/phone line test
Date: 1996/11/25
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