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In article <3284f81a.3159255@news.aimnet.com>, John Navas writes:

> [POSTED TO ba.internet]
> eric@wolf359.exile.org (Eric Edwards) wrote:
> 
> >People use watchdog timers becuase they need to stay connected, not
> >becuase they need the bandwidth.  Ever try to establish a connection to a
> >dial up connected machine that isn't dialed up?  It doesn't work.
> 
> What about autodial on demand?

See my earlier posting.  The D channel packet + dial on demand B channels
is just one possible means of combining low bandwith packet with high
bandwith circuit switching.  There are other possibilities.

One is Ricochet + ISDN.  Same as the D channel data synario but, instead
of using the D channel for the packet connection, use Ricochet radios. 
This, of course, reqires cooperation from Metricom.  Unfortunately, they
don't seem very cluefull of the possibilities for thier network beyond
laptops.

Pagers are a posibility.  A pager message probably isn't big enough for
any real data.  It would simply be a signal to raise the B channel.  I
don't know if it would cost effective.

Satelite systems.  They already need a second connection for the uplink so
it should be workable.  A bit expensive, and the latency could be a
problem.

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