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   Trifle Menot to All   
   Old school   
   04 Feb 10 19:47:09   
   
   From: triflemenot@beewyz.com   
      
   The Internet was fun in the 90s when ISPs were small.  But once the big   
   telcos and cable operators smelled money in the market, they used their   
   huge resources to dominate and squeeze out small ISPs.  And it all went   
   downhill from there.   
      
   We now have faster speeds, and spend more money on it, but to what end?   
   Youtube?  Twitter?  They offer little value to me.   
      
   I'm interested in old school BBS modem networking.  But why bother, now   
   that we have the Internet?  Yes, but who controls it?  Telcos and cable.   
   And with them come government.  It all seems very big brother to me.   
      
   I don't have a BBS online yet, but I plan to.  Earning a living tends to   
   get in the way, so I can't say when.  Any who have similar interests may   
   contact me at the email address found in the headers of this post.  It's   
   real.   
      
      
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