Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!husc6!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!conch!steve From: steve@conch.UUCP (Steve Froeschke) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Trans-atlantic uucp with Telebit modem Message-ID: <220@conch.UUCP> Date: 27 Aug 89 21:38:18 GMT References: <265@hhb.UUCP> <1989Jul19.160009.18318@utzoo.uucp> <82193@pyramid.pyramid.com> Reply-To: steve@conch.UUCP Organization: KEY's Paradise, Key West, FL Lines: 29 In article <82193@pyramid.pyramid.com> csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) writes: >In article <1989Jul19.160009.18318@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: >>I seem to recall Rick Adams saying that London, England is the one place >>on Earth that even a Trailblazer can't connect to reliably. > >I'll second it. We have absolutely dependable TrailBlazer links to Argentina, >Chile, Italy, and Australia. And I hear of one company in Kuwait using UUCP >and a TrailBlazer to upload data to their home office in Brussels. But the UK >is no go. > It only seems to affect systems IN London. I have a UUCP link with a system in Sandy UK (About 50 miles north of London), and I have no problems connecting/xfering with them. But I've tried a couple of systems in London itself, and its no go. I used to live in London (a little over a year ago), and found the lines in London to be noisy at best, unusable at worst. But if I dialed outside of London (outside of the 01 area code), I had no problems. I've no idea why that is, but there it is. Steve -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If it moves, Salute it, if it doesn't paint it gray and sail it! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Froeschke | uunet!conch!steve