used dialup for years. settings in ppp.conf (ppp running in one terminal, say, tty0)
immediately gave error messages to the terminal rather than a log if the external
modem needed to be reset (sure easier than rebooting the PC) and/or the dialup
reinitialized. settings to wget (limit-rate) could allow simultaneous download of
distfiles and web browsing. Very large downloads you can even with the right
switches resume day after day rather than start anew.
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the only part of your post I actually read. Short of time today.
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