On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 13:49:20 +1300 (NZDT), you wrote:

>Not being a huge layer one expert, I think it was a RAL limit per line.
>Each device on your line as a cetain RAL value, and the sum total of all
>the RALs on your line couldn't / can't exceed a certain value.
>
>The guts of it has probably changed somewhat for DSL now, but the RAL
>limit was to ensure all the phones in your house would still be able
>to draw enough current to cause the phone ringer circuit to close. *I think*

That's just as I remember it as well.

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Ross Dawson.
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