Re: Re: FidoGazette Vol 13 ne
By: Simon Geddes to Sean Dennis on Wed Sep 18 2019 09:22 pm
> At 8:47 PM on 16 Sep 19, Sean Dennis said to August Abolins:
>
> SD> Hi August,
>
> AA> Besides.. the modem technology is fickle, and slow.
>
> SD> I disagree. In all of the data centers I have ever worked at, there has
> SD> -always- been one POTS connection as an emergency backup. The POTS
> SD> system is actually much more reliable than the Internet physically but
> SD> yes, it's slow, which is why it fell out of favor.
>
> Forgive my ignorance...what's a POTS line? Is this the same as an analogue
> landline?
Yes. POTS = Plain Old Telephone System/Service.
digital man
Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #54:
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