[mythtv-users] OT: Cable Modems...

[Brian Wood]

Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 08:42:02PM -0500, Meatwad wrote:
>>> Does anyone still use T-delivered Frame relay any more (as opposed to a
>>> 56K line)?
>> You betchya. There's a company in California that still makes Bell 202A 
>> plugs to monitor components of oil and gas pipelines/plants.
> 
> 1200bps modems are actually useful *because they can lock up in about a
> second*.
> 
> They're popular for paging systems, among other things.

Wonder what they use on those ATMs (bank machine, not a network
protocol) that use dialups? I read somewhere that folks were putting
recorders on the lines but I suspect that's apocryphal.

beww