rangerssuck fired this volley in news:f4c482f7-
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More often than not, the limiting factor is load coils on the lines.
Remember that all this copper was designed to carry voice, and has not
changed much from the original stuff installed over a hundred years
ago. If you can get your local guys to check for load coils and remove
them, you'll likely see an improvement. But you have to ask them
nicely.


Hmmm... I'll take you guys' word for it, but ATT in this area declares a
hard limit of 8K ft, and they SWEAR they can't go an inch past it (which
we know they can, but...)

LLoyd