HD> And now some people want it the other way round, only IP and no PSTN. HD> I think it should be a melting pot of all possible techniques that HD> were ever available,
MvdV> I disagree. More is not better. Having multiple incompatible cennection MvdV> methods is detrimemtal to connectivity.
There were allways systems which had both methods as a kind of gateway. So anyone could get his mail or bring it away. It could not be crash, but routed mail (not preferred) was the only solution.
HD> also ISDN if someone wants.
MvdV> ISDN is as good as dead. Very few telecom providers still offer it. New MvdV> hardware is no longer available. Forget about ISDN. It is (almost) MvdV> history.
I know. In the past I have considered it a few times, but I always came to the conclusion it was a bad connection method, costing me more than before. Not only the connection fee, but also the new hardware I had to buy, no thanks. And in FidoNet I have seen many people wo had problems with it. ISDN did not give me more advantages.
HD>> So I am glad to stay PSTN,
MvdV> I have already told you many, many years ago that you run the risk of MvdV> being left behind. Modem over POTS is technology on the way out.
I know.
MvdV> New equipment is no longer manufactured and even the wells of analog modems MvdV> on marktplaats and other second hand sources have run dry.
I have plenty of analogue modems over here, also phones (I hardly use).
MvdV> Presently there is only one other node in Net 280 supporting POTS MvdV> and that is the Host. If he leaves Fidonet or even if something in MvdV> his POTS setup breaks, you are isolated from net 280. I can not expect MvdV> him to go through the cost and effort to maintain a POTS setup forever MvdV> just for you.
I know and understand that very well. If that happends, I have to look for other alternatives.
HD>> as I do not have the energy to change over to IP.
MvdV> You should have done that ten years ago when you still had the energy.
At that time i did not had the energy either. You know that I am not working commercially any more since 1997. At that time I was 41 and not able to work any more, as a pity. That happens to to some people. Must they be cut for their hobby then?
Henri.
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