<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">> Bluecross will be using POTS modems until the end of time.<br> <br>ROTFL! Hey, at least they're not using POTTS (= plain old telephone and telegraph system).<br> <br>> I have had customers who still use DOS(!!) programs to .....<br> <br>Me too, before I and those customers parted ways.<br> <br>> (It's kind of like POTS interac terminals, they are still all over the place.)<br> <br>Yes, I still run into those with considerable frequency too! And they're either tying up a whole dedicated (and expensive) POTS line, or sharing a POTS voice line.<br> <br>> That said, I kind of like POTS modems! Ah, the good ol' days.<br> <br>Yeah, they make that sound of pterodactyls while they're interchanging carriers and protocols before the real communications session.<br> <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331<br></span></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 August 2016 at 04:11, Trevor Cordes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trevor@tecnopolis.ca" target="_blank">trevor@tecnopolis.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 2016-08-15 Colin Stanners wrote:<br>
> Do the remote sites that dial in have IP connectivity? How about<br>
> putting serial to IP converters at that end of the connection and<br>
> dropping the POTS?<br>
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Bluecross will be using POTS modems until the end of time. I have had<br>
customers who still use DOS(!!) programs to submit reimbursement<br>
requests to them. Best they can hope for is to whittle the numbers<br>
down and pray they disappear. (It's kind of like POTS interac<br>
terminals, they are still all over the place.)<br>
<br>
That said, I kind of like POTS modems! Ah, the good ol' days.<br>
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