Jimmy Anderson wrote to Bo Simonsen about ''Tech changes'':

 BS>> Then I first got into BBS/Fidonet buisness 14400 was the
 BS>> most used baud-rate my nodes/points. I were buying a 19200
 BS>> bps modem, but I did only connect by 14400 ;-)

 JA> It's odd how the technology changes... I connect to about 5 BBS's
 JA> regularly because they carry different echonets. I connect to my
 JA> ISP first, then Telnet to each one. Nicer than Long Distance, but
 JA> loses some of the nostalgia. :-) 

Indeed! It's not the same by running a IP fidonet node, by running a POTS.
I don't have a IP mailer which is event controled and so on. :/

BTW We don't you get in as a point, then you don't need to telnet into the
BBS, or do you prefere this way?

 JA> But I was going to mention that now we're up to 56k (DSL & Cable
 JA> for some folks) yet it's still a took to communicate! :-)

Yes, Cable/DSL is more common here in Europe, because we are charged by
minute, in most of Europe.

Kindly regards from Denmark,
Bo

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