Subj : Re: FidoGazette Vol 13 ne
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Simon Geddes
Date : Wed Sep 18 2019 21:22:00

At 8:47 PM on 16 Sep 19, Sean Dennis said to August Abolins:

SD> Hi August,

 AA> Besides.. the modem technology is fickle, and slow.

SD> I disagree.  In all of the data centers I have ever worked at, there has
SD> -always- been one POTS connection as an emergency backup.  The POTS
SD> system is actually much more reliable than the Internet physically but
SD> yes, it's slow, which is why it fell out of favor.

Forgive my ignorance...what's a POTS line? Is this the same as an analogue 
landline?

(You are witnessing life without the internet in action - the old me would have 
just googled this and found the answer in a second. But then I would have also 
have seen the 'gmail' link at the top of the page and so would have quickly 
checked my email in Pavlovian fashion. Then in my inbox I would have been 
tempted by a Quora email about how I should be best investing my money. After 
reading that I would have bought some rubbish amazon ebook the poster was 
actually pushing, before, one hour later, seeing that my telnet connection had 
timed out. And then I probably wouldn't call back to reply, and in my 
embarrassment probably would have never called again.)

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