Subj : Re: Packet BBS
To   : Alonzo
From : tassiebob
Date : Wed Oct 16 2024 06:53 pm

 Al> Since the Internet is completely dependent on phone carriers,
 Al> I would say it is fragile. No phone line = no Internet.

Maybe in some parts of the world it's regulated that internet can only be provided by the incumbent phone carriers, and maybe they choose to do it over phone lines.

Where I am (Australia), I haven't used a phone line for Internet (ADSL2) for at least a decade.  Haven't /had/ a phone line for at least a decade.  I could also use geosync satellite, or LEO satellite for non-phone-carrier solutions if I wanted to.

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