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   Hello Sean!   
      
   ** 13.09.19 - 17:48, Sean Dennis wrote to Simon Geddes:   
      
    SD>Hi Simon,   
      
    SG>> Sorry to butt in - but I hope more BBSes start to offer   
    SG>> dial-up. And more users switch off their routers and   
    SG>> dust off their modems.   
      
    SD>With dialup lines costing nearly double of a broadband connections in my   
    SD>area, I seriously doubt I'll be able to afford it anytime soon.   
      
    SD>I don't get enough callers (even when I did have a POTS line) to justify   
    SD>that cost.   
      
      
   BBSing via dialup is not likely to be worthwhile, for anybody.  For a     
   sysop, the outreach would be pretty small. For the user, hogging a voice     
   line over time (even if it were a dedicated one just for bbsing/faxing     
   etc) is an infringement with other uses and an added cost.   
      
   Besides.. the modem technology is fickle, and slow.   
      
   The better way to experience BBSing for everyone is via telnet. For the     
   sysop, multiple "lines" can be utilized and still be able to use the     
   internet for other things at the same time. For the user, the online     
   directories of telnetable BBSes provides a rather nice way to discover     
   what's out there.   
      
   I have a handful of modems (dead or alive) that I can't imagine ever using     
   again.  My best one, a "USR 3453C for Business" got some electrical damage     
   many years ago, and I just didn't think it worthwhile to send it back even     
   though it was advertised with a Lifetime Warranty.   
      
   If someone wants my collection, I'll send them.   
      
     ../|ug   
      
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