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  • Iran: BBS to The Rescue (Footage)

    From warmfuzzy@700:100/37 to All on Thu Jan 15 03:48:38 2026
    When only 1-2% of Iran's Internet is still functioning people needed to get creative. Remember the Plain Old Telephone System (POTS)? It just might have come to the rescue. While a 40 kbps connection is slow it is fast enough to be able to send a high resolution image every five minutes and a short video every thirty minutes. So when all else fails the good old bulletin board system may have just saved the day. While the Internet is down, the POTS system is alive and well.

    Cool 'eh? Our hobby may have just let the truth of Iran's civil war be known by the masses. How cool is that? =)

    Cheers!
    -warmfuzzy

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/04/30 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: thE qUAntUm wOrmhOlE, rAmsgAtE, uK. bbs.erb.pw (700:100/37)
  • From Ogg@700:100/16 to warmfuzzy on Tue Feb 10 20:08:00 2026
    Hello warmfuzzy!

    ** On Wednesday 14.01.26 - 22:48, warmfuzzy wrote to All:

    When only 1-2% of Iran's Internet is still functioning people needed to get creative. Remember the Plain Old Telephone System (POTS)? It just might have come to the rescue. While a 40 kbps connection is slow it is fast enough to be able to send a high resolution image every five minutes and a short video every thirty minutes. So when all else fails the good old bulletin board system may have just saved the day. While the Internet is down, the POTS system is alive and well.

    Cool 'eh? Our hobby may have just let the truth of Iran's civil war be
    known by the masses. How cool is that? =)


    Nah.. they blocked international calls. Besides, I doubt that their system would achieve 40 kbps.
    --- SBBSecho 3.37-Linux
    * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (700:100/16)
  • From roman@700:100/72 to Ogg on Wed Feb 11 13:52:43 2026
    Someone from Iran periodically downloaded something from my Gopher://
    This also happens...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Shipwrecks & Shibboleths [San Francisco, CA - USA] (700:100/72)