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     Re: Re: FidoGazette Vol 13 ne   
     By: Simon Geddes to Sean Dennis on Wed Sep 18 2019 09:22 pm   
      
    > At 8:47 PM on 16 Sep 19, Sean Dennis said to August Abolins:   
    >   
    > SD> Hi August,   
    >   
    >  AA> Besides.. the modem technology is fickle, and slow.   
    >   
    > SD> I disagree.  In all of the data centers I have ever worked at, there has   
    > SD> -always- been one POTS connection as an emergency backup.  The POTS   
    > SD> system is actually much more reliable than the Internet physically but   
    > SD> yes, it's slow, which is why it fell out of favor.   
    >   
    > Forgive my ignorance...what's a POTS line? Is this the same as an analogue   
    > landline?   
      
   Yes. POTS = Plain Old Telephone System/Service.   
      
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