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   I always liked dial-up BBSes.   
   I think that besudes the fact some people don't know how to use a modem   
   anymore, there are also 2 small problems:   
   - Dial-up over VoIP lines can be a little tricky   
   - most modern machines don't have serial ports anymore, and the best modems   
   out there are still serial devices...   
      
   Just my thoughts...   
      
      
      
      
    SG> At 9:29 AM on 10 Sep 19, Sean Dennis said to Dale Shipp:   
      
      
    SD>> At least we have access.  I'm not complaining.  Like I said in an   
    SD>> earlier message, I really don't use the bandwidth.  I'm at the point now   
    SD>> to where if I wasn't running a telnet-capable BBS, I'd just go back to   
    SD>> dialup.   
      
    SG> Sorry to butt in - but I hope more BBSes start to offer dial-up. And more   
    SG> users switch off their routers and dust off their modems.   
      
    SG> With cheap second hand modems aplenty and landlines generally sitting   
    SG> unused, I imagine for some sysops this wouldn't be such a major   
    SG> task/outlay. But would there be the users who would call? I think there's   
    SG> a bit of a network effect problem going on here...sysops don't feel   
    SG> there's people that still want to use dial-up, and users don't bother with   
    SG> modems because so few boards offer a number to call.  Or probably more   
    SG> realistically, very few people even care.    
      
    SG> Personally, I'm tempted to start a new dial-up only BBS. But I suspect I   
    SG> will get about zero callers.   
      
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