Subj : RE: Old Versus New - Ways To : Richard Webb From : DAVID FARR Date : Sat Aug 23 2008 02:17 pm Richard, I'm stumbling in at the last minute and don't fully understand this thread, but is it my understanding that you need a POTS (dialup) fido feed? I pull the entire backbone from Ross Cassell via an internet connection, but I do have a modem online and if needed, I can feed you. I See your located in Eads, TN so I know its long distance for you, (I'm in North Charleston, SC), but I have Vonage for phone service so I have free long distance, I just don't know what kind of speed we'll get over Vonage. Be interesting to find out tho. The only issue is the fact I haven't hubbed to anyone in over 10 years, so we may have to work some bugs out. Give me a shout, call me at home weekdays between 4pm and 10pm or all day on the weekends, or crash netmail to 1:372/6 David Farr The Information Exchange Network 843-278-0693 - Voice 843-278-2714 - Data On 7/15/2008 1:41 PM, Richard Webb wrote to Janis Kracht: -> SGID: 1:116/901.0 87c9e4e4 -> EPLY: 1:261/38 20981345 -> HI Janis, -> -> Janis Kracht wrote in a message to Richard Webb: -> -> > Internet isn't practical here at the moment, hence I"m plain ol' modem on a -> > phone line only. My nc is internet only, no pots, but we've arranged -> -> JK> Danny Walters is your NC, correct? He needs to update his nodelist -> JK> entry if he doesn't have POTS going over there. -> -> Last I knew no answer on that number, that's why he routes things to you for me -> to keep from creating a loop with Ross's system. HOwever I think we have that -> fixed now. We got it worked out anyway. -> NOt sure if it was his or nec's that was answered by somebody else, but think -> his modem went on the fritz and he just never bothered to replace it. -> -> JK> Maybe Ross has an email address for him and can contact him about -> JK> that. -> JK> That's good - and you have a connection here as well which is good - -> JK> my system can do any type of connection necessary. From here, mail -> JK> is going to flow right to the main Star systems and RCs, most of -> JK> whom have agreed to take any netmail I get in for their regions. -> -> Always a good thing. Because of this I poll you at least twice per day, right -> after zmh, and evenings, even if I"m not home <g>> -> -> > Still wonder if nodes such as myself and others who are not internet capable -> > should endeavor to fly the ping flag to help those building routing tables. -> -> JK> That's so software specific though. For instance, I don't have a -> JK> ping feature in any of the software I run. -> -> Yah I know, and a problem. HOWever, these days internet only seems to be as -> standard, at least this side of the world, as pots used to be. A C with a -> difficult to connect with node in his/her coverage area could always send a -> netmail to ping at the troublesome address. I"ve set up a ping mask for netmgr -> here. Haven't had a real good chance to test it, were some netmail routing -> glitches happening at the time when a z2 node was going to test drive it and -> see if it met spec. from all appearances it should however. -> -> Was a thought anyway. -> Best bet's still good old fashioned human to human communication <g>. -> -> Regards, -> Richard -> --- timEd 1.10.y2k+ -> * Origin: Radio REscue net operations BBS (1:116/901) --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5 * Origin: The Information Exchange Network - North Charleston, SC (1:372/6)