HEllo MIke,

On Tue 2038-Mar-23 11:01, Mike Luther (1:117/3001) wrote to Mark Lewis:

ML> Chiming in here too Mark and MvLe and all!

YOur comments are right on the money.  I spent a week on
hospital Island in NEw ORleans during Katrina.  A building
across the street had one hard wired phone line, not
connected to hospital switching equipment etc. in the
basement which got taken out, which still worked, that one
phone line.
MOst critical comms to/from that hospital complex that week
were taking place by radio, quite a bit of it on the ham
radio we were operating.

ML> Please *DO NOT* remove this from the work on MAX, BINK; Whatever. 
ML> To do so would be a horrible step in taking away what we *CAN* do
ML> for all the world, if we continue to contribute to FidoNet as some
ML> of us do still today for reasons I have shown you above.

I"m with you MIke!!!

ML> It is ABSOLUTELY necessary to preserve the POTS phone number access
ML> and use techniques in BBS software.

AS is often said, "preach it brother, preach it!"

Regards,
           Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+