>From: "Craig Whitmore" <lennon@orcon.net.nz>
>f you are futher than 1-2Km from the exchange I suggest you get
>an External Ethernet modem as internals arn't that good over long
distances.

The quality of the power supply in the PC and RF shielding/earthing probably
has a lot to do with that.
Some cheap PCs (and monitors) pump out so much RF noise that even a 56k
modem won't stay connected.

We have no real RF regulations or standards in NZ so we tend to get a lot of
junk imported.

> (the larger the gauge of wire the shorter the distance
>the DSL connection can be) .

Had a hard day have we Craig :)

Cheers

BG.

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