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1994-01-25
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GET ADDITIONAL PHONE LINE(S)
If you haven't already found the necessity of a
second phone line as a modem user then you haven't
been doing much downloading (or uploading)! There is
nothing more frustrating than being in the middle of
a 500K download when someone in the family
unknowingly picks up the extension phone. All of a
sudden CHINESE appears on the screen with a hundred
funny looking characters going every which way - and
the download is obviously aborted in two seconds
flat! As a modem USER it is almost a necessity to
have a second line dedicated solely to the computer,
but as a SYSOP it is INDISPENSIBLE! At LEAST ONE
extra line....and depending on how much big of a
board you actually plan on running, maybe even two or
three or more additional to that! I told you that
this is an expensive "hobby"! and this is one place
where the $$$$ come shining through!
I have had a second line for two years now, and with
my limited budget that is all I can rightfully afford
right now! and I am doing well on the board! users
once in a while complain about not being able to get
on-line because it is always busy! but for the most
part it is not an issue. I average about 30 calls a
day and that is all I really care to have at this
point! If each one stays on an average of 20 minutes
that is a LOT of on-line time. My multitasking
option is currently not up to par ... so I opt not to
use it ... which means that NO ONE is on the line,
for example, right now, as I write this. But that is
the sacrifice that the user has to make. Not TOTALLY
ALWAYS having his favorite BBS ready to accept his
call. There ARE circumstances when it is not
possible to connect, and the user needs to realize
that this does not make for a bad or unreliable
board!
Back to the point at issue: the second line. I have
a two line phone hooked up to my computer as well.
That way I can keep all board related calls on one
section of my phone bill. I can call out on the
second (board) line when a user is not on-line.