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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: 23 Jan 93 09:46:01 EST
- From: tim gorman <71336.1270@CompuServe.COM>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Modem Dial Lines and Problems
- Message-ID: <telecom13.40.12@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: TELECOM Digest
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 40, Message 12 of 13
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- jackl@pribal (jack lowry) asks in TELECOM Digest V13 #35:
-
- > What is the guarenteed maximum loss on a local voice line?
-
- > We have also been told that the loss on the line is 6db and that modems
- > start having trouble at 8bd with 10db being the max guaranteed loss on a
- > phone connection.
-
- I think someone has only given you part of the story. Actual local
- loops can run up to 8dB as a design limit, individual long loops can
- have even higher losses. So if both circuits are in the same central
- office, you could have a possible connection loss of 16dB. If the two
- circuits are not in the same central office then another 3dB to 6dB of
- loss could be added by the central office in a totally digital
- network. This would give a possible overall connection loss of 22dB.
- If the interoffice connections are over an analog network the
- interconnecting losses could be even higher depending on how many
- central offices are traversed and how far apart they are.
-
- I would assume that overall connection losses of 25-27dB could be
- feasible and within normal design limits. If you actually have this
- situation, you have encountered a rather unfortunate circumstance.
-
- > Modern folklore has it that there used to be a "special" modem phone
- > line available. Is this still true?
-
- I've never actually known of or had anyone admit to knowing about a
- "modem" line in the state of Kansas. Various conditioning levels have
- been able to be ordered. These provide certain levels of loss and
- slope. There is, of course, a charge for this. Perhaps these have been
- considered as modem lines?
-
-
- Tim Gorman - SWBT
- *opinions are mine, any resemblance to official policy is coincidence*
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