Subj : Re: LMDMetal BBS
To   : Just Me
From : Time Warrior
Date : Wed Mar 23 2005 07:49 pm

  To: Just Me
  Re: Re: LMDMetal BBS
  By: Just Me to alt.bbs.ads on Wed Mar 23 2005 11:25 pm

 > Um...  I hate to tell you this, but unless users live within your town, not
 > many people are willing to make the long distance call to access your bbs.

With unlimited LD widely available, the LD part isn't so much the issue. The 
dialup aspect is. I have broadband and do not have a dialup modem hooked up 
to any phone line.

I used to know this guy, and I'm not sure if he even reads usenet or echomail 
or anything anymore. Last he told me -- which was years ago -- is TransX 
loads on an event to connect to the Internet to transfer mail.

If he wants to stay on dialup thats his perogative. However if he went 24/7 
dialup to the Internet, he might get more callers. If all he is concerned 
about is the ANSI end of things, a 56k modem can easily support 3 telnet 
nodes without lag if telnet is all he is using the net connection for.

He was also a more DOS Based person last I checked, which is fine also. With 
Netmodem now open source, he can still run what he's currrntly running via 
telnet. If he feels he doesn't want the GUI, he could always have a DOS 
Window loaded in the foreground at all times and pretend Windows isn't even 
there.

Whatever he wants to do PERIOD is his choice -- but unless he has alot of 
local users calling in via dialup, the phone line for the BBS and the net 
connection seems like a waste unless he goes telnet. However thats just my 
opinion.

If his preferences are DOS and Dialup, I don't see any reason why he 
couldn't go telnet and still retain his personal preferences.

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