Subj : Re: FidoGazette Vol 13 ne
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Simon Geddes
Date : Tue Sep 17 2019 20:18:00

At 5:48 PM on 13 Sep 19, Sean Dennis said to Simon Geddes:

SD> Hi Simon,


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

SD> With dialup lines costing nearly double of a broadband connections in my
SD> area, I seriously doubt I'll be able to afford it anytime soon.

In the UK, a lot of dial-up lines ("landlines") are used to carry broadband 
singles. We have a microfilter and splitter which gives you a traditional 
telephone line and a port for connecting the broadband router.

That said, a lot of households have additional cable and fibre connections. 
Asking for a 'broadband' line after a recent house move was met with some 
incredulity, as we have one of these said cable points too. The assumption was 
I would of course want faster and faster internet, for faster and faster what 
I'm not sure.

So a lot of dial-up lines are sat unused here - ripe for dial-up BBSing..should 
there ever be a mass revival!

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