Charles Brabham wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...

It seems to me that one of the limitations of amateur packet radio is
that
it hasn't evolved much past the 1200 baud/BBS mindset of 20+ years ago.
Heck,
even trailingedge computer types like me have been running 56k dialup
modems for almost a decade!


Does your 56kb dialup modem work pretty good with your 2-meter rig? Wow! -
Why didn't we BBS operators think of this YEARS ago!

I thought the topic was how slow packet is compared to just about
everything else. Not hooking a phone modem to a rig.

- Mike KB3EIA -

"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
...
Charles Brabham wrote:

Does your 56kb dialup modem work pretty good with your 2-meter rig?
Wow! - Why didn't we BBS operators think of this YEARS ago!

I thought the topic was how slow packet is compared to just about
everything else. Not hooking a phone modem to a rig.

The "hooking a phone modem to a rig" part was me making fun of the "how slow
packet is" whiners.

Packet is (within reason) as fast as you want it to be.

The whiners here are upset because not everyone shares their desires and
expectations. - The fact of the matter is that the overwhelming majority of
Packet users just don't give a hoot about high-speed Packet, or IP either.
It's always been that way and will probably continue to be that way for a
very long time.

They whine and they complain... Why, they'll do just about anything - as
long as it is negative and reflects poorly upon the hobby.

One thing you won't see them doing is transforming Packet over to high-speed
and IP. - It's so much easier and natural for them to whine because somebody
else ( or everybody else ) hasn't done it for them.

Meanwhile - Life goes on, and the whining of frustrated protocol warriors is
really a very little thing.

"How I Won the Protocol Wars" - http://www.uspacket.org/l_protowars.htm


Charles Brabham, N5PVL

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