• Relisted...

    From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to All on Sun Feb 1 22:50:41 2009
    Hello, All.

    I noticed BINKLEY was not on the Elist, so I relisted it:


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    BINKLEY
    BinkleyTerm Discussion and Support
    BINKLEY is for the support of the BinkleyTerm front-end
    mailer.
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    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Kevin Klement@1:342/77 to Sean Dennis on Mon Feb 2 16:57:26 2009
    Hi Sean,

    I noticed BINKLEY was not on the Elist, so I relisted it:

    WHAT!

    No BINKLEY in the elist, what's the lonely POTS's sysops going to do?

    Not many POTS around any more anyway. :(


    Kevin
    klement@gypsy-designs.com

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Kevin Klement on Mon Feb 2 19:54:55 2009
    Hello, Kevin.

    Monday February 02 2009 at 16:57, you wrote to me:

    Not many POTS around any more anyway. :(

    Not really, but as soon as I get my fax/voice/data switch out of my truck (which is in temporary storage), I'll be dialup also. We don't get many phone calls, so I can justify part of the cost of a phone line with the dialup.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Richard Webb@1:116/901 to Sean Dennis on Tue Feb 3 05:49:31 2009
    HI SEan,

    On Mon 2037-Feb-02 19:54, Sean Dennis (1:18/200) wrote to Kevin Klement:

    Not many POTS around any more anyway. :(

    Not really, but as soon as I get my fax/voice/data switch out of my
    truck (which is in temporary storage), I'll be dialup also. We
    don't get many phone calls, so I can justify part of the cost of a
    phone line with the dialup.

    YEp, same here, pots only in fact.

    GLad you relisted it, I"d be noting it for months.

    Regards,
    Richard
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Richard Webb on Tue Feb 3 03:15:30 2009
    Hello, Richard.

    Tuesday February 03 2009 at 05:49, you wrote to me:

    GLad you relisted it, I"d be noting it for months.

    Not a problem. I don't expect problems...I'm more of a keeper of the homefires
    if you will. Been using BT so long I don't know what I'd do without it! :)

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Kevin Klement@1:342/77 to Sean Dennis on Tue Feb 3 16:08:48 2009
    Hi Sean,

    Monday February 02 2009 19:54, Sean Dennis wrote to Kevin Klement:
    dialup also. We don't get many phone calls, so I can
    justify part of the cost of a phone line with the dialup.

    I'm running both POTS and IO, I do have a few POTS users, a few die hard Fido users. :) I'm a die hard Fido sysop myself. :)

    Actually I'm a dinosaur.

    Kevin
    klement@gypsy-designs.com

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Kevin Klement on Tue Feb 3 21:46:20 2009
    Hello, Kevin.

    Tuesday February 03 2009 at 16:08, you wrote to me:

    I'm running both POTS and IO, I do have a few POTS users, a few die
    hard Fido users. :) I'm a die hard Fido sysop myself. :)

    Yeah, I can get more people into my own network (Micronet) with POTS.

    Actually I'm a dinosaur.

    We all are if you look at it the right way. <G> Especially in Fidonet.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From SHAWN HIGHFIELD@1:229/452 to Sean Dennis on Wed Feb 4 09:18:02 2009
    Actually I'm a dinosaur.
    We all are if you look at it the right way. <G> Especially in Fidonet.

    <Cough> As you know I just got around to switching back to Ma Bell
    for my phone lines, and will be offering pots again here when I finish
    hunting down the ring detector. <G>

    Shawn
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to SHAWN HIGHFIELD on Wed Feb 4 10:11:23 2009
    Hello, SHAWN.

    Wednesday February 04 2009 at 09:18, you wrote to me:

    <Cough> As you know I just got around to switching back to Ma Bell
    for my phone lines, and will be offering pots again here when I finish hunting down the ring detector. <G>

    If I still had one of my spare USR Couriers, I'd send you one of those-they can
    do distinctive ring built-in. I'm going to be using a ComStation 5500; a nice device that can pick up the phone, listen, and know where to send the call to.

    On the flip side, I need to learn how to set up the cost measuring stuff in BT because it looks like while I can get unlimited US calling, calls to Canada, Eh? are going to run me seven cents a minute. Iffa you want, for Micronet, we could switch to POTS feed.

    I even have some people waiting for me to get POTS for Micronet and Fidonet too...would be rather fun to have that going again. :)

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Russell Tiedt@5:7105/1 to Kevin Klement on Wed Feb 4 16:39:46 2009
    Hello Kevin.

    02 Feb 09 16:57, you wrote to Sean Dennis:

    WHAT!

    No BINKLEY in the elist, what's the lonely POTS's sysops going to do?

    Not many POTS around any more anyway. :(


    Depends where you find yourself in the world ... :-)

    Russell

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Russell Tiedt on Wed Feb 4 12:16:20 2009
    Hello, Russell.

    Wednesday February 04 2009 at 16:39, you wrote to Kevin Klement:

    Not many POTS around any more anyway. :(

    Depends where you find yourself in the world ... :-)

    I'm hoping that if I set up dialup access for Micronet (my own FTN network), I'll get more international nodes. :)

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Richard Webb@1:116/901 to Sean Dennis on Wed Feb 4 17:26:15 2009
    HI SEan,

    On Wed 2037-Feb-04 10:11, Sean Dennis (1:18/200) wrote to SHAWN HIGHFIELD:

    On the flip side, I need to learn how to set up the cost measuring
    stuff in BT because it looks like while I can get unlimited US
    calling, calls to Canada, Eh? are going to run me seven cents a
    minute. Iffa you want, for Micronet, we could switch to POTS feed.

    Which nodelist compiler are you running? YOur cost tracking stuff depends on what you do with the nodelist, i.e. note
    all the CAnadian area codes and set up the cost per minute
    in your control file for your nodelist compiler, at least
    that's the way it works with xlaxnode and bt. SAme with
    tbbsnc which is the tbbs version of xlaxnode.

    HOpe that helps.

    Regards,
    Richard
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Richard Webb on Wed Feb 4 16:48:49 2009
    Hello, Richard.

    Wednesday February 04 2009 at 17:26, you wrote to me:

    Which nodelist compiler are you running? YOur cost tracking stuff
    depends on what you do with the nodelist, i.e. note all the CAnadian
    area codes and set up the cost per minute in your control file for
    your nodelist compiler, at least that's the way it works with xlaxnode
    and bt. SAme with tbbsnc which is the tbbs version of xlaxnode.

    Okay, I've never dealt with this before so it's something new to me. I use QNode/2 for my nodelist compiler; I'll take a look at the setup. I didn't know
    how BT worked with that, but I DO have the BT docs I'll take a look at. I should fire up my old dot matrix and dump those docs out.

    HOpe that helps.

    It does, thanks!

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Russell Tiedt@5:7105/1 to Sean Dennis on Wed Feb 4 20:45:16 2009
    Hello Sean.

    04 Feb 09 12:16, you wrote to me:

    Depends where you find yourself in the world ... :-)

    I'm hoping that if I set up dialup access for Micronet (my own FTN network), I'll get more international nodes. :)

    Well ... , might consider it ...

    Russell

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Russell Tiedt on Thu Feb 5 00:11:06 2009
    Hello, Russell.

    Wednesday February 04 2009 at 20:45, you wrote to me:

    Well ... , might consider it ...

    I just sent you a netmail...let's hope it gets there. <G> I'll be out of pocket from this afternoon (5 Feb) until Sunday evening (8 Feb) but I will try to check my mail via the BBS.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Richard Webb@1:116/901 to Sean Dennis on Thu Feb 5 00:08:06 2009
    HI SEan,

    On Wed 2037-Feb-04 16:48, Sean Dennis (1:18/200) wrote to Richard Webb:

    Which nodelist compiler are you running? YOur cost tracking stuff
    depends on what you do with the nodelist, i.e. note all the CAnadian
    area codes and set up the cost per minute in your control file for
    your nodelist compiler, at least that's the way it works with xlaxnode
    and bt. SAme with tbbsnc which is the tbbs version of xlaxnode.

    Okay, I've never dealt with this before so it's something new to me.
    I use QNode/2 for my nodelist compiler; I'll take a look at the
    setup. I didn't know how BT worked with that, but I DO have the BT
    docs I'll take a look at. I should fire up my old dot matrix and
    dump those docs out.

    YEp, with xlaxnode you defined costs per minute in the
    nodelist compiler's configuration xlaxnode.ctl to be exact.
    tHen you used the l parameter in binkley.evt to help bt only dial when calls were cheaper. THat, and I used to hide mail from ld links until certain times using the leave command in squish during some periods, such as my morning deliver mail
    to downlinks locally.


    HOpe that helps.

    It does, thanks!

    Yep, have a look at the definitions of the l flag in the
    section of bt-ref.txt dealing with the event file.


    Regards,
    Richard
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  • From SHAWN HIGHFIELD@1:229/452 to Sean Dennis on Thu Feb 5 09:00:58 2009
    If I still had one of my spare USR Couriers, I'd send you one of those-they
    can
    do distinctive ring built-in. I'm going to be using a ComStation 5500; a
    nice

    I need to use my USB modem as my BBS machine has no serial ports. The Internal modem that's there does work but seems to cap out at 14.4
    (Driver issue?) the USB is a USRobotics and I've connected in the high
    40's to my dialup internet account. (That I will probably never use
    again as my cellphone is quicker) ;)

    Eh? are going to run me seven cents a minute. Iffa you want, for Micronet,
    we
    could switch to POTS feed.

    For $5 a month I can add unlimited America to my existing plan. May
    end up doing that anyway as I have been calling more and more american's
    for some reason.

    I even have some people waiting for me to get POTS for Micronet and Fidonet too...would be rather fun to have that going again. :)

    Laugh, we're gonna go all out on this retro thing eh? ;)

    Shawn
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to SHAWN HIGHFIELD on Thu Feb 5 10:10:44 2009
    Hello, SHAWN.

    Thursday February 05 2009 at 09:00, you wrote to me:

    I need to use my USB modem as my BBS machine has no serial ports.
    The Internal modem that's there does work but seems to cap out at 14.4 (Driver issue?) the USB is a USRobotics and I've connected in the high

    Well, if it was capped at 26400 I'd say your phone lines were multiplexed, but that sounds like a driver issue, yeah.

    For $5 a month I can add unlimited America to my existing plan. May
    end up doing that anyway as I have been calling more and more
    american's for some reason.

    Wish I could get that for Canada-seems I'm gonna have to pay 7 cents a minute here if I call you.

    Laugh, we're gonna go all out on this retro thing eh? ;)

    If it works... :)

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Russell Tiedt@5:7105/1 to Sean Dennis on Thu Feb 5 17:36:30 2009
    Hello Sean.

    05 Feb 09 00:11, you wrote to me:

    I just sent you a netmail...let's hope it gets there. <G> I'll be out
    of pocket from this afternoon (5 Feb) until Sunday evening (8 Feb) but
    I will try to check my mail via the BBS.

    Well, if you can get it to Bob Seaborn, or Mark Lewis, I will get it ... , not here yet ...

    Russell

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Russell Tiedt on Thu Feb 5 11:46:40 2009
    Well, if you can get it to Bob Seaborn, or Mark Lewis,
    I will get it ... , not
    here yet ...

    My direct uplink is Janis Kracht, so I'm hoping it'll get to you.

    Later,
    Sean



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  • From Russell Tiedt@5:7105/1 to Sean Dennis on Thu Feb 5 19:44:08 2009
    Hello Sean.

    05 Feb 09 11:46, you wrote to me:

    Well, if you can get it to Bob Seaborn, or Mark Lewis,
    I will get it ... , not
    here yet ...

    My direct uplink is Janis Kracht, so I'm hoping it'll get to you.

    Well, then I should have it, netmail between myself and Janis has always worked in the past ...

    Russell

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  • From SHAWN HIGHFIELD@1:229/452 to Sean Dennis on Thu Feb 5 14:36:42 2009
    Well, if it was capped at 26400 I'd say your phone lines were multiplexed,
    but
    that sounds like a driver issue, yeah.

    Exactly. No big deal the USB modem supports callerID so my computer
    tells me who is calling in Sam's voice. :)

    Wish I could get that for Canada-seems I'm gonna have to pay 7 cents a
    minute
    here if I call you.

    Ugh. Well if we go pots just leave it all on hold.

    Shawn
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  • From Minh Van Le@3:712/104 to Shawn Highfield on Fri Feb 6 19:01:14 2009
    I need to use my USB modem as my BBS machine has no serial ports. The Internal modem that's there does work but seems to cap out at 14.4
    (Driver issue?) the USB is a USRobotics and I've connected in the high 40's to my dialup internet account. (That I will probably never use
    again as my cellphone is quicker) ;)

    High 40's probably because your ISP's using digital modems on their end.

    end up doing that anyway as I have been calling more and more american's for some reason.

    I even have some people waiting for me to get POTS
    for Micronet and Fidonet
    too...would be rather fun to have that going again. :)

    Laugh, we're gonna go all out on this retro thing eh? ;)

    Maybe you should set up an exclusive POTS-only network club.

    25 cents per message.


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  • From SHAWN HIGHFIELD@1:229/452 to Minh Van Le on Fri Feb 6 15:45:00 2009
    High 40's probably because your ISP's using digital modems on their end.

    Probably, can't recall the exact reasons one gets higher then 28.8.

    Laugh, we're gonna go all out on this retro thing eh? ;)
    Maybe you should set up an exclusive POTS-only network club.

    Why? I'm not following you here.

    25 cents per message.

    Make some good coin that way. It woudl cost probably under a tenth of
    a cent to send a echomail message. Nothing wrong with using pots if
    you have the service, some people like it. <shrug> Not like I'd pay
    for a seperate phone line anymore...

    Shawn



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  • From Kevin Klement@1:342/77 to Russell Tiedt on Fri Feb 6 16:24:50 2009
    Hi Russell,

    Wednesday February 04 2009 16:39, Russell Tiedt wrote to Kevin Klement:

    Depends where you find yourself in the world ... :-)

    May be in a cave and you want to connect to Fidonet?

    Kevin
    klement@gypsy-designs.com

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  • From Russell Tiedt@5:7105/1 to Kevin Klement on Sat Feb 7 18:01:11 2009
    Hello Kevin.

    06 Feb 09 16:24, you wrote to me:

    Depends where you find yourself in the world ... :-)

    May be in a cave and you want to connect to Fidonet?

    In a cave, packet radio might do you better ... :-)

    Russell

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  • From Bob Ackley@1:300/3 to Sean Dennis on Sat Feb 7 05:50:40 2009
    Replying to a message of Sean Dennis to SHAWN HIGHFIELD:

    Hello, SHAWN.

    Wednesday February 04 2009 at 09:18, you wrote to me:

    <Cough> As you know I just got around to switching back to Ma Bell
    for my phone lines, and will be offering pots again here when I
    finish hunting down the ring detector. <G>

    If I still had one of my spare USR Couriers, I'd send you one of those-they can do distinctive ring built-in. I'm going to be using a ComStation 5500; a nice device that can pick up the phone, listen,
    and know where to send the call to.

    On the flip side, I need to learn how to set up the cost measuring
    stuff in BT because it looks like while I can get unlimited US
    calling, calls to Canada, Eh? are going to run me seven cents a
    minute. Iffa you want, for Micronet, we could switch to POTS feed.

    I use Alberto Pasquale's Fastlist/2 nodelist processor, the cost tables are built
    into its configuration file. I don't think Alberto supports any of his old Fidonet
    software anymore, and more's the pity, it's good stuff.

    --- FleetStreet 1.19+
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  • From Richard Webb@1:116/901 to Bob Ackley on Sun Feb 8 19:45:38 2009
    On Sat 2037-Feb-07 05:50, Bob Ackley (1:300/3) wrote to Sean Dennis:

    On the flip side, I need to learn how to set up the cost measuring
    stuff in BT because it looks like while I can get unlimited US
    calling, calls to Canada, Eh? are going to run me seven cents a
    minute. Iffa you want, for Micronet, we could switch to POTS feed.

    I use Alberto Pasquale's Fastlist/2 nodelist processor, the cost
    tables are built
    into its configuration file. I don't think Alberto supports any of
    his old Fidonet
    software anymore, and more's the pity, it's good stuff.

    Back in the day I read a lot of good comments about it. My
    old boss node set me up with xlaxnode back in the day, and
    since it was plain ascii config I just kept using it, but
    qnode was also popular, but I think fastlist more popular.

    I was bummed I couldn't find a way to reregister xlaxnode
    many years later when I rejoined fidonet, but somebody in
    this echo turned me on to tbbsnc which would compile a v7
    nodelist, and was basically xlaxnode bundled for tbbs. NO
    more annoying "type in xxxx (4 digit number) to continue.)

    THink I mentioned this, but in xlaxnode it's in the control
    file, either xlaxnode.ctl or tbbsnc.ctl depending on which
    flavor you're using.

    Regards,
    Richard
    --- timEd 1.10.y2k+
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to SHAWN HIGHFIELD on Sun Feb 8 16:04:41 2009
    Hello, SHAWN.

    Friday February 06 2009 at 15:45, you wrote to Minh Van Le:

    Make some good coin that way. It woudl cost probably under a tenth
    of a cent to send a echomail message. Nothing wrong with using pots
    if you have the service, some people like it. <shrug> Not like I'd
    pay for a seperate phone line anymore...

    It's part of the reason that I justify having a hard line to myself. Using the
    ComStation, I have my printer (for fax) and BBS hooked up. I've had this ComStation since I lived in Carbondale (and I found a picture yesterday with the ComStation in a picture of my old room!)...it's paid for itself many times over. The only aggrevating thing is that the CS rings once before it picks up and then assigns the ring...never did figure out how to turn that off.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Kevin Klement on Sun Feb 8 16:06:45 2009
    Hello, Kevin.

    Friday February 06 2009 at 16:24, you wrote to Russell Tiedt:

    May be in a cave and you want to connect to Fidonet?

    People in the US forget that not only are we severely behind in broadband access, but not everyone in the world has unlimited local/LD calling.

    Me, well, the sound of a modem handshake still makes me smile, so that's why I'm doing it. I mean, why not...it's a hobby, just like ham radio. Why not enjoy all the aspects of a hobby that you can that you're interested in? Unfortunately, that thought seems to be lost on some in this day and age.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Bob Ackley on Sun Feb 8 16:08:53 2009
    Hello, Bob.

    Saturday February 07 2009 at 05:50, you wrote to me:

    I use Alberto Pasquale's Fastlist/2 nodelist processor, the cost
    tables are built into its configuration file. I don't think Alberto supports any of his old Fidonet software anymore, and more's the pity, it's good stuff.

    I know NEF was bugfixed and released (it's the version I'm running). Alberto also gave me a key to NMFWD but I don't really use it but I do keep it around.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From SHAWN HIGHFIELD@1:229/452 to SEAN DENNIS on Mon Feb 9 09:50:30 2009

    The only aggrevating thing is that the CS rings once before it
    and then assigns the ring...never did figure out how to turn that off.

    What I did with mine back in the day... ;) I hooked the ring detector directly into the demark point of the house so the line went into IT
    /BEFORE/ it went to any jack. From there the detector would send the
    ring to the correct jack from itself.

    I hope i explained that right...

    Shawn

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to SHAWN HIGHFIELD on Mon Feb 9 11:15:20 2009
    Hello, SHAWN.

    Monday February 09 2009 at 09:50, you wrote to me:

    I hope i explained that right...

    You did. However, in this house, it'd be a pain in the butt to have to do that.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Bob Ackley@1:300/3 to Sean Dennis on Mon Feb 9 04:26:46 2009
    Replying to a message of Sean Dennis to Kevin Klement:

    May be in a cave and you want to connect to Fidonet?

    People in the US forget that not only are we severely behind in
    broadband access, but not everyone in the world has unlimited
    local/LD calling.

    Most places that are so far ahead of the US in broadband access are more densely populated. Broadband is *never* going to get out to rural America except for satellite links, which are too pricey for me and I suspect for a
    lot of other folks.

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  • From SHAWN HIGHFIELD@1:229/452 to SEAN DENNIS on Tue Feb 10 09:21:58 2009
    You did. However, in this house, it'd be a pain in the butt to have to do that.

    Grumble. That's too bad, why can't things have always been wired a
    standard way so it was never a pain in the butt? ;)

    Shawn
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Bob Ackley on Tue Feb 10 10:12:58 2009
    Most places that are so far ahead of the US in broadband access are more densely populated. Broadband is *never* going to get out to rural America except for satellite links, which are too pricey for me
    and I suspect for a lot of other folks.

    The problem is money-if a company thinks it'll take a loss, they won't do it. It's not that it's impossible for you, even in a rural area, to get it. My parents, when they moved to Nevada, called the phone company to get a hardline put in. The phone company sent out an engineer, who drew up plans to lay a line, then the company hooked up a line to the nearest CO six miles away. <G>

    But you're right-if you live in a truly rural area in the US, you're stuck with
    dialup or pricey satellite Internet.

    Later,
    Sean


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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Shawn Highfield on Tue Feb 10 10:16:06 2009
    Grumble. That's too bad, why can't things have always been wired a standard way so it was never a pain in the butt? ;)

    One man's standard is another man's folly - just look at the so-called Fidonet standards. <G>

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From SHAWN HIGHFIELD@1:229/452 to SEAN DENNIS on Tue Feb 10 11:49:18 2009
    One man's standard is another man's folly - just look at the so-called
    Fidonet
    standards. <G>

    Yes but for the most part we can connect to each other.

    Shawn'
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  • From PETER COGGON@1:123/140 to RUSSELL TIEDT on Tue Feb 10 16:39:00 2009

    Hi Russell

    Quoting Russell Tiedt to Kevin Klement <=-

    In a cave, packet radio might do you better ... :-)

    Russell

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    That might work ....if there were any packet radio BBSes still
    on ...but there is no connection to FidoNet ...just other hams
    reading along...if interested.

    ttfn

    Pete

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  • From PETER COGGON@1:123/140 to BOB ACKLEY on Tue Feb 10 16:40:00 2009
    Hi Bob and Seanand Shawn ...

    Quoting Bob Ackley to Sean Dennis <=-

    Replying to a message of Sean Dennis to SHAWN HIGHFIELD:

    If I still had one of my spare USR Couriers, I'd send you one of those-they can do distinctive ring built-in. I'm going to be using a ComStation 5500; a nice device that can pick up the phone, listen,
    and know where to send the call to.

    Interested in this ComStation 5500. Thats what I need, as I want
    to get a temporary BBS going on the one "Ma Bell" line we have
    as well receive the usual telemarketers and fewer other calls.

    I know they had one of these a few years back ....first few rings
    spent seeing if a phone call for the Fax machine, or the BBS or
    someone to chat with...or hang up on.

    Would appreciate Bob..hearing more.....like who carrys it?

    ttfn

    Peter




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  • From Robert E Starr JR@1:14/400 to Bob Ackley on Tue Feb 10 10:57:00 2009
    In a reply from Bob Ackley on 04:26 about Relisted...

    Most places that are so far ahead of the US in broadband access are more densely populated. Broadband is *never* going to get out to rural America except for satellite links, which are too pricey for me and I suspect for a lot of other folks.

    hmmm, I hate to tell you this but I live in the bonies(sp) and about 2 years ago, we got dsl here, before that it was dial-up or satellite isp

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Peter Coggon on Tue Feb 10 21:20:10 2009
    Hi, Peter:

    Would appreciate Bob..hearing more.....like who carrys it?

    Try: http://www.coloradocommunications.com - they are the manufacturers. Do NOT get the 3500 (the model I have) as it doesn't run in "automatic" mode like I want it to (the CS would answer the phone first then ring the rest of the phones). I'll have to upgrade when I get the money.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Russell Tiedt@5:7105/1 to PETER COGGON on Fri Feb 13 19:20:15 2009
    Hello PETER.

    10 Feb 09 16:39, you wrote to me:


    That might work ....if there were any packet radio BBSes still
    on ...but there is no connection to FidoNet ...just other hams
    reading along...if interested.

    It did work, very well, for some folks, till the last system, that did the "bridging" closed ...

    Russell

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