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   Hello Simon!   
      
   ** 11.09.19 - 21:30, Simon Geddes wrote to Sean Dennis:   
      
    SG>At 9:29 AM on 10 Sep 19, Sean Dennis said to Dale Shipp:   
      
    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.   
      
   I think you just succeeded in talking yourself out of that project!  LOL   
      
   Your user-range would be extremely limited.  The modem would probably sit     
   silent for long periods of time!  :(   
      
      
      
      
     ../|ug   
      
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