On 28 Apr 99, at 16:23, Mark Barlow wrote:

> - why you want to use a dial up modem when you have an ADSL connection?

BBS
dialing into work
sending a fax
receiving a fax
configuring someone else's system to use a modem
ADSL is down
and it's cheaper

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