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Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 10:06:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net>
To: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" <jamil@counterintelligence.ml.org>
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Subject: Re: Anyway to get connect speed with usermode ppp/tun0 device? 
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On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Jamil J. Weatherbee wrote:

> 
> > can point to the customer and say "it ain't my problem your connection
> > sucks so badly, it's the phone company's problem".
> > 
> 
> Speaking to reps from the phone company somehow I doubt that --- more
> likely (especially if your a tenant) is inside wiring as the culprit.
> Phone companies (at least in the US) are required to maintain certain
> levels of measurable line quality.
> 

You've never dealt with GTE have you?

Jamie Bowden

System Administrator, iTRiBE.net