(PM) 56K Connections VARY (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Fri, 16 Jan 1998 11:28:43 -0800 (PST)

Once upon a time System Administrator shaped the electrons to say...
>Im using a pm3 for my 56k solution. I have noticed that the closer you are
>to the CO .. the better your connection ... and also that 5 miles and
>out from the CO the connections start NOT negotiating FLEX and falling
>back to v.34. Is this the norm for everybody. Can I tell my customers that

The exact distance? No. The fact that it DOES relate to distance?
Yes, in general. PCM modems are ver, very sensitive to line quality and
voltage drops over distance. So the longer the run, all other things
being equal, the lower the speed. Until it reverts to V.34.

-MZ

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