Subj : Re: FidoGazette Vol 13 n
To   : Simon Geddes
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Tue Sep 17 2019 14:52:22

> Sorry to butt in

I don't think your butting in.

> but I hope more BBSes start to offer dial-up. And more user switch off their
> routers and dust off their modems.

My BBS was available by dial-up back in the day. I took it down and 
disconnected the phone line because it was costing the same amount every month 
and not being used much.

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

The BBS software I run supports modem calls so I could still do that. I've 
thought about it and would do it if it would get used.

I'm also unsure if I can get a twisted pair of wires like I had back in the 
day. A lot of phone services today are VOIP or somesuch and a modem may not 
work as well with that as a good old twisted pair.

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

It certainly wouldn't hurt. The average guy/gal today doesn't know what a modem 
is and don't care to know but if you can connect with those who do you'll be 
good.

IP protocols are well supported for a long time now so you can also use those.

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