30 Jun
2009
30 Jun
'09
11:13 p.m.
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Tom Manos<tmanos at concursive.com> wrote:
I am also considering completely blowing off net
access for these boxes and
just using dialup. I was thinking of buying one of those MagicJack thingies
that give you a local number and unlimited voip calling for $20 a year and
setting up a modem on it. The downside is that most folks don't have modems
any more.
Ideas? Am I just nuts for even considering something like this?
When I see the MagicJack commercials, I always think "Oh god, what a
scam". Looking online seems to confirm that, even leaving aside people
who say "I DIDN'T KNOW YOU NEEDED INTERNET FOR THIS", it's not a great
company to deal with and the service is not particularly good.
A UUCP net could be cool, though, same goes for running old systems
over dialup (I'm imagining dialing in with my VT220 or the ADM-3).
John
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