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to: MICHIEL VAN DER VLIST
from: TONY LANGDON
date: 2019-06-15 19:13:00
subject: Re: Ten Years Ago

-=> On 06-15-19 09:46, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 MvV> When I ran Irex in combination with InterMail, I had a POTS modem
 MvV> connected to the VOIP port of the Motorrola surfboard cable modem
 MvV> provided by my ISP. It worked but milage varied. I usually got around
 MvV> 20K with and occasional 24K and sometimes dropping to 2400 Bps.  Other
 MvV> than the few I provoked for testing I didn't get any incoming calls for
 MvV> a period of five years and so when I converted my system from Frodo
 MvV> style to BSO, I didn't bother to reinstall the POTS stuff. That was
 MvV> about ten years ago. Since then I am IP only. I don't miss POTS.

I've forgotten the last time I used POTS, but it was well over 10 years ago,
that's for sure.  Possibly nearer 15 years ago.  Still got several POTS modems
kicking around.


... I'm as confused as a baby in a topless bar.
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