Subj : Re: Packet BBS
To   : Dumas Walker
From : tenser
Date : Mon Oct 14 2024 04:12 am

On 13 Oct 2024 at 09:53a, Dumas Walker pondered and said...
 
 DW> >  Al> Since the Internet is completely dependent on phone carriers,
 DW> >  Al> I would say it is fragile. No phone line = no Internet.
 DW> 
 DW> > That is absolutely untrue.
 DW> 
 DW> Maybe it is true where they live?  It hasn't been true here for years.
 DW> 
 DW> Now, no cable connection to feed your wifi router might be true here.

I think it depends entirely on how much effort you want
to expend on it.  But the critical point is that, "The
Internet" != "Someones ISP".  If folks want to be serious
about redundancy, they _can_ put together a DIY RF path;
in this regard, it's no different than connected mode
AX.25.

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