Subj : Re: FidoGazette Vol 13 n
To   : Simon Geddes
From : Andrei Rachita
Date : Sun Sep 15 2019 15:37:05

I always liked dial-up BBSes.
I think that besudes the fact some people don't know how to use a modem 
anymore, there are also 2 small problems:
- Dial-up over VoIP lines can be a little tricky
- most modern machines don't have serial ports anymore, and the best modems out 
there are still serial devices...

Just my thoughts...




 SG> At 9:29 AM on 10 Sep 19, Sean Dennis said to Dale Shipp:


 SD>> At least we have access.  I'm not complaining.  Like I said in an
 SD>> earlier message, I really don't use the bandwidth.  I'm at the point now
 SD>> to where if I wasn't running a telnet-capable BBS, I'd just go back to
 SD>> dialup.

 SG> Sorry to butt in - but I hope more BBSes start to offer dial-up. And more
 SG> users switch off their routers and dust off their modems.

 SG> With cheap second hand modems aplenty and landlines generally sitting
 SG> unused, I imagine for some sysops this wouldn't be such a major
 SG> task/outlay. But would there be the users who would call? I think there's
 SG> a bit of a network effect problem going on here...sysops don't feel
 SG> there's people that still want to use dial-up, and users don't bother with
 SG> modems because so few boards offer a number to call.  Or probably more
 SG> realistically, very few people even care. 

 SG> Personally, I'm tempted to start a new dial-up only BBS. But I suspect I
 SG> will get about zero callers.

 SG>  * Q-Blue 2.4 *

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