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    From Alec Aaron Roberts@VERT/ENSEMBLE to Nightfox on Sat Apr 29 22:34:59 2017
    Re: Re: Hello people of Synch
    By: Nightfox to Alec Aaron Roberts on Sat Apr 22 2017 07:30 pm

    I tend to think so too. When I first got my own modem back in the days, I thought it was so cool that my computer could dial another computer and they could be connected over the phone line and I could browse a BBS and such. A then technology advanced, and I thought the internet was so cool when I firs started using it. And then when I first got broadband internet, I was stoke that I could do everything online so much faster. So it seems ironic to thi that now we think there's a certain charm in dialing into another computer w a modem over a phone line. :) I don't have a phone line at my house right n (I only use my cell phone), but I wouldn't mind using a dialup modem sometim for nostalgia.

    Nightfox

    I think another benefit to using a landline besides nostolgia reasons is because landlines tend to be VERY reliable, oftentimes more so than cable/VOIP/other types of phone.... It is also forgoing the internet completely, which makes it in a way feel more private and intimate... The only danger is that phone lines will be shut down completely one day in an effort to switch over to a new technology. ( after all they are well over 100 years old now)
    I think of my modem BBS project as not only a way to preserve BBS's, but as a way to preserve the old phone systems. Or you could simply call it computer performance art :)

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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to Alec Aaron Roberts on Mon May 1 09:22:00 2017
    Alec Aaron Roberts wrote to Nightfox <=-

    The only danger is that phone lines will be shut down completely one
    day in an effort to switch over to a new technology. ( after all they
    are well over 100 years old now)

    Well, phone lines are about to go the way of the dinosaur here, with the roll out of the new national broadband network. It's due to come online here this months, and the old phone network is due to be turned off within 18 months (reportedly _much_ quicker in practice).

    And there's no point me getting another fixed line number, all the current one does is collect telemarketers (and redirect them to an answering machine), and the occasionally outbound call (as determined by the switch). We've used VoIP for years here.

    I think of my modem BBS project as not only a way to preserve BBS's,
    but as a way to preserve the old phone systems. Or you could simply
    call it computer performance art :)

    Sounds like holding back the tide, the writing is already on the wall here. ;) Any future dialup I use is going to be over IP - can be done with the right choice of codec and truckloads of bandwidth. :)


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  • From Denn Gray@VERT/OUTWEST to Vk3jed on Sun Apr 30 21:58:18 2017
    Re: Re: Traditional Modem BBS's
    By: Vk3jed to Alec Aaron Roberts on Mon May 01 2017 09:22 am

    Well, phone lines are about to go the way of the dinosaur here, with the roll out of the new national broadband network. It's due to come online here this months, and the old phone network is due to be turned off within 18 months (reportedly _much_ quicker in practice).

    Can you use a voip and a modem? -like say magic jack?

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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to Denn Gray on Mon May 1 18:05:00 2017
    Denn Gray wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    Can you use a voip and a modem? -like say magic jack?

    I did refer to VoIP as an option, if you can select a compatible codec (below the part you quoted).



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