I have a K56Flex caller, using a Zoltrix modem, who is 8 MILES from his
CO He gets 50,000 each and every call with NO retraining.
I know for a fact the distance since he lives in the same area as I.
Amazes me but it works. (I have PM3 with PRI's via a Seimens switch)
John
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On Fri, 6 Feb 1998, Dick St.Peters wrote:
> Tuesday a new signup (call him Mike) with a Supra 56k and called to
> complain he couldn't get a flex connect. MapQuest says he's at the
> end of a 15-mile phone line (!), so I gave my spiel about how long
> phone lines don't work for 56k so he's SOL.
>
> An hour or so later I got an email from a guy saying he lives across
> the street from Mike and connects to his ISP with X2.
>
> This got my attention (!) Neither user was confrontational about it;
> they just wanted to get Mike's connection working, and they were
> interested enough to try things ... init strings, phone numbers for
> padded and unpadded PRIs. After 70 calls they've given up.
>
> Mike's friend just barely gets X2 connects; he says he connects at
> only 35000. However, that's still a good deal better than 26400, the
> best Mike can manage connecting to us.
>
> Anyway, to get to a bottom line, can anybody say they know they have
> users getting flex connections, at any speed, on loaded phone lines
> (longer than 3.5 miles)?
>
> --
> Dick St.Peters, stpeters@NetHeaven.com
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