Subj : FidoGazette Vol 13 n
To   : Simon Geddes
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Sep 15 2019 19:36:00

Hello Simon!

** 11.09.19 - 21:30, Simon Geddes wrote to Sean Dennis:

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

 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.

I think you just succeeded in talking yourself out of that project!  LOL

Your user-range would be extremely limited.  The modem would probably sit  
silent for long periods of time!  :(




  ../|ug

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