Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 00:02:22 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" <jamil@counterintelligence.ml.org> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyway to get connect speed with usermode ppp/tun0 device? Message-ID: <199709042302.AAA26349@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 04 Sep 1997 00:31:53 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.970904002902.10286A-100000@counterintelligence.ml.org>
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> > 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.
Ha ! Over here in the UK, that "level" is appauling. It won't get
close to a decent 28.8/33.6k line.
Anyway, the modem should hide all of this by making things slow rather
than passing the garbage on to the layer above.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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