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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 80633" data-attributes="member: 126"><p>Re: Another ebay find...</p><p></p><p>Actually that is a mostly honest mistake by the lines maintenance people. Their test equipment looks for an impedance discontinuity by measuring the return time for a pulse send down the line. The problem is that they can't discern a difference between the modem echo at 3,400 feet, and the chewed line at 3,300 feet from their switch.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully in the future they might increase the resolution of their line length measuring equipment so they can log the exact distance and automatically detect breaks occurring close to the final drop. </p><p></p><p>Honest mistake but still frustrating to the fraction of customers who are not dumbasses.</p><p></p><p>JR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 80633, member: 126"] Re: Another ebay find... Actually that is a mostly honest mistake by the lines maintenance people. Their test equipment looks for an impedance discontinuity by measuring the return time for a pulse send down the line. The problem is that they can't discern a difference between the modem echo at 3,400 feet, and the chewed line at 3,300 feet from their switch. Hopefully in the future they might increase the resolution of their line length measuring equipment so they can log the exact distance and automatically detect breaks occurring close to the final drop. Honest mistake but still frustrating to the fraction of customers who are not dumbasses. JR [/QUOTE]
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