a new BBS...

[Jim MacKenzie]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org 
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Zane H. Healy
> Sent: September 21, 2008 1:15 AM
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Cc: cctech at classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: a new BBS...
> 
> How much longer will old fashioned modems continue to work 
> with the evolving phone systems that we have?  When it was 
> looking like I'd be forced to move to Verizon FIOS a couple 
> weeks ago, I made inquiries and learned that if you have FIOS 
> you can not use a modem.

I have a VoIP phone line with my cable television provider, and I can use a
modem.  (The one or two times a year that my cablemodem service goes down,
my phone service is usually still up and I can use dial-up, and have indeed
done so).

Jim