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From: Tim Powys-Lybbe <>
Subject: RE: [SoG] Computer help at the Fair
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 12:14:39 GMT
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"Hugh Ainsley" <> wrote:

> Tim commented:
>
> > So, if you are going for ADSL broadband, you should get rid of the old
> > modem-based phone lies. ADSL seems reliable enough not to need a backup
> > line for modem access.
>
> Tim - I'm afraid you are incorrect there. As a supplier of broadband
> (ADSL) services I /strongly/ advise my customers NOT to abandon
> their ISDN or other connections if their communications are vital to
> their businesses precisely /because/ of the unrelaibility of many
> broadband services.

But it is a question of cost. Your costumers may lose big business if
their links fail, as would have been the case with my employers when I
worked for them. Backups are essential for commercially sensitive
operations.

With S.O.G. there certainly was a crisis; I know that appeals were being
made for money to sponsor book purchases as no budget had been givien for
that; I even responded to those appeals. So if S.O.G. could not afford
to buy books, can it afford to buy backups to communication systems?

Personally I would prefer the purchase of a few more books: the old
out-of-copyright ones could even generate income by copying them to
CDROMs for sale. And I wonder what has happened to the very interesting
offer that Rod Neep made here a month or so back?

--
Tim Powys-Lybbe
For a patchwork of bygones: http://powys.org


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