Re: [LUG] Dial up modems

[tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/10/10 19:18, Rob Beard wrote:
> On 09/10/10 13:40, tom wrote:
>
> > A modem is the thing that will allow us old gits to communicate with
> > each other when the internet goes down
> > Tom te tom te tom
>
> I thought that's what shortwave & HAM radio was for?
I'd have to walk 1/2 mile to be able to even think of that unless there 
were some particularly nice high level aurora type thingies going on
Tom te tom te tom
> (At least I get that impression from reading some of the comments on 
> The Register about the Powerline Ethernet socket things).
>
> Rob


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