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   FIDOGAZETTE      FidoGazette: An Alternative Newsletter      8,941 messages   

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   Rob Swindell to Sean Dennis   
   FidoGazette Vol 13 n   
   16 Sep 19 22:25:49   
   
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     Re: FidoGazette Vol 13 n   
     By: Sean Dennis to August Abolins on Mon Sep 16 2019 08:47 pm   
      
    > Hi August,   
    >   
    >  AA> Besides.. the modem technology is fickle, and slow.   
    >   
    > I disagree.  In all of the data centers I have ever worked at, there has   
    > -always- been one POTS connection as an emergency backup.  The POTS system   
    > is actually much more reliable than the Internet physically but yes, it's   
    > slow, which is why it fell out of favor.   
    >   
    > Telnet is actually quite slow when you get into the specifics of it and can   
    > be rather unreliable.   
      
   Telnet is very little on top of TCP/IP. It is 99.9% as fast as every other   
   TCP-based protocol and 100% as reliable.   
      
    > Technically, using SSH is much more secure and   
    > reliable than telnet.   
      
   More secure, sure. More reliable, no.   
      
      
                                               digital man   
      
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