[ale] PBX

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>The PBX (phone line) is the culprit. What make the situation worse is =
that the
>phone company can do whatever they want to the line so long as it is =
voice
>quality. The only guaranteed line is the "data line" from the phone =
company
>(read that as $$$$). I've heard of phone companies out west (of the
>mississippi) who place companders (COMpress/exPANDER) in their lines. =
And
>these magical electronic boxes play havoc with modems. Voice sounds =
great, but
>unusable with modems.

I live in a little town in Arizona, and have a 40 mile long residential
line to Tucson. I'm using a USR Sportster 28.8, and am almost always
connected at 21.6 or 24K, with little or no noise.

Peter