Subj : Re: Internet 'kill switch'
To   : Skuz
From : Khelair
Date : Fri Feb 20 2015 18:47:00

  Re: Internet 'kill switch'
  By: Skuz to Poindexter Fortran on Wed Feb 18 2015 20:47:52

 Sk> We can still us the same nodelist, just add the proper supporting protocal
 Sk> flags for each system using POTS. yes?

  Ah yes, that's right.  God I had a 33.6K modem all ready to go, too.  I guess
it wouldn't work being as the connection to 'copper' that I have here is VoIP,
but at least I wouldn't still be looking at having to snag the hardware.
  I wonder if the FTN transfers, were the fallback to have to go to AX.25,
would have to be handled manually or what.  I'm pretty sure that there wouldn't
be software to handle that over radio just yet...  Not that it'd really be that
big of an issue to get the FTN bundle packaged and send it to someone via
AX.25, even if it were just to send to someone that could forward it on to the
normal connection provider.
  Copper is a great fallback, though.  When I've got paychecks coming in I'll
have modem and copper capability once again.  I don't suppose anybody knows if
VoIP capabilities have gotten to the point where the occasional dropped packets
won't corrupt a modem signal yet...?  Last I saw, wasn't even possible over
9600 or 2400 w/error correction, it was just losing too much data.  That _was_
in like 2001-2002, though.
  I think that the VoIP connection here is handled by a Pi, though.  I'm not
sure how well that'd keep up...  I may be underestimating it, though.

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