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Subject: Re: Anyway to get connect speed with usermode ppp/tun0 device? 
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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>
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Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....