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|    Rob Swindell to Sean Dennis    |
|    FidoGazette Vol 13 n    |
|    16 Sep 19 22:25:49    |
      TZUTC: -0700       MSGID: 1439.fidogaze@1:103/705 21e5a9fc       REPLY: 1:18/200.0 5d803b3a       PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Win32 Sep 2 2019 MSC 1922       TID: SBBSecho 3.09-Linux r3.140 Sep 15 2019 GCC 6.3.0       COLS: 80       CHRS: CP437 2       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.103        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              Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #46:       MODEM = Modulator/Demodulator       Norco, CA WX: 65.8øF, 85.0% humidity, 0 mph S wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs       --- SBBSecho 3.09-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/2 18/200 103/705 154/10 203/0 218/700 221/0 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/200 354 426 1014 240/5832 249/206 307 317 400 280/464       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 5555 292/854 310/31 317/3 322/757 342/200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 423/120 633/280 712/848 770/1 2452/250       PATH: 103/705 280/464 229/426           |
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