On 08/24/2017 05:59 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 23:46:07 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword"
wrote:

At the time of the change. I had a DVR that connected every night by
phone. It took awhile to figure out why it stopped connecting.

Why the **** would you want your DVR to use the phone line?

If you don't have broadband, that is how you get your program guide.


IIRC, I already had broadband then but this DVR had only a phone connection.

I still have this old DVR and it still works. I just don't have much use
for it. It could still be used for a manual recording, but more modern
DVRs (with internet connection) are better for that.

BTW, before broadband I had a dial-up router. It would automatically
dial if it detected a packet meant for the internet. However, this often
failed since establishing a dial-up connection takes longer than the
timeout.

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