Subj : Re: Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (278)
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Dan Clough
Date : Sun Oct 06 2024 13:27:00

-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Dmitry Protasoff <=-

 DP> He've got 9 modem lines, I now have only 8, because 2 modems died
 DP> during extensive tests :( But I'll replace them soon ;)

 MvV> I would not know where to obtain a modem these days. They are extinct
 MvV> here.

Amazon.com

 DP> It's not POTS, actually. One of the lines is from a GPON box, 2 are
 DP> from GSM CSD, and the rest are from SIP. But it's still PSTN (because
 DP> of the E.164 numbers involved), just not POTS.

 MvV> Ok, it is not POTS, so it is not really going back to the roots. It is
 MvV> just emulating the roots...  ;-)

Isn't that what we're *ALL* doing these days with BBSes?  Trying to hang 
on to (and emulate) the 1990's?



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