Subj : Re: FidoGazette Vol 13 ne
To   : Simon Geddes
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Wed Sep 18 2019 14:05:12

  Re: Re: FidoGazette Vol 13 ne
  By: Simon Geddes to Sean Dennis on Wed Sep 18 2019 09:22 pm

 > 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?

Yes. POTS = Plain Old Telephone System/Service.

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