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   > Sorry to butt in   
      
   I don't think your butting in.   
      
   > but I hope more BBSes start to offer dial-up. And more user switch off their   
   > routers and dust off their modems.   
      
   My BBS was available by dial-up back in the day. I took it down and   
   disconnected the phone line because it was costing the same amount every month   
   and not being used much.   
      
   >With cheap second hand modems aplenty and landlines generally sitting unused,   
   > imagine for some sysops this wouldn't be such a major task/outlay. But would   
   > there be the users who would call? I think there's a bit of a network effect   
   >problem going on here...sysops don't feel there's people that still want to us   
   > dial-up, and users don't bother with modems because so few boards offer a   
   > number to call.  Or probably more realistically, very few people even care.   
      
   The BBS software I run supports modem calls so I could still do that. I've   
   thought about it and would do it if it would get used.   
      
   I'm also unsure if I can get a twisted pair of wires like I had back in the   
   day. A lot of phone services today are VOIP or somesuch and a modem may not   
   work as well with that as a good old twisted pair.   
      
   > Personally, I'm tempted to start a new dial-up only BBS. But I suspect I will   
   > get about zero callers.   
      
   It certainly wouldn't hurt. The average guy/gal today doesn't know what a   
   modem is and don't care to know but if you can connect with those who do   
   you'll be good.   
      
   IP protocols are well supported for a long time now so you can also use those.   
      
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