Multitool Linux: Practical Uses for Open Source Software

Conclusion

There you have it. You now have the power of the primitive. Every year brings great advances in communications technology, and no one, not even a technofogey (a term coined by my wife, Tina) like me, would want to give up those advances. But sometimes these advanced and high-speed communications methods break down. It is well to know something about lower-level communications technologies in these cases, because slow or limited connectivity is better than no connectivity at all.

These technologies provide a useful "second path " to back you up in the event of a failure. The getty -based dial-in may even allow you to fix your network problem without making a trip to the site. It may even let you catch a bored teenager. Leaving you with only the question "Why would I want to?"