From: "Mercyful Fate" 

$ Netsurge mentioned . .
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> I was and sort of still am a major echomail hub in Fidonet.  Back in the da
> was one of few to offer echomail via FTP or email and charged for it.  I ha
> enough downlinks who would pay for the service which allowed me to run the 
> isdn's.

sweetness.. i was jsut able to pay for my own phone line once i started
working more during highschool.. but i sure went through hell with the phone
company and line noise, running dedicate lines through the stormdrain, haha
and all sorta of fun.

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