Testing VOIP dial-up connection
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KF5YZJ · 2017-02-04 01:57

I've set up Searchlight BBS on a VOIP connection - 512-800-6431.  If
this works I'll set up a permanent BBS system...just cause :)

If anyone has a modem and feels like trying to connect - let me know
how it works.

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athen66 · 2017-02-04 16:07

Would totally test it if I still had a landline. Still have a box of
30 old USR Sportster 33.6k's in my garage lol. Have a telnet address?

-- aTheN66 of Dogtown BBS - bbs.kiwi.net --

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imaskingwhy · 2017-02-06 23:30

I tried 1200 baud over VoIP a few years ago. There are some issues
with it, and it didn't work too well.

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xianoth · 2017-04-10 22:07

So, I used to work for an ISP in the mid to late 90's and modems were
my thing. The last I knew was that modems, being an analog signal,
reaaaaallly hate converting back and forth from analog to digital to
analog.  I found this out in practice when I setup a fax machine on
one of those Magic Jack VOIP dongles.  It made and took calls great,
but I could not get a fax to connect on the line due to the analog
signal going digital and back.

Now, if I am wrong, I would definitely love to know the results.