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 Hello, Sondra Ball, I'd like you to meet my friend, Harvey...
JB>>The sysop for my BBS was away on business. The BBS went down. 
JB>>The sysop
 SB> Tell me, Jim:  are there any new BBSes going up anywhere?
I don't know about BBSs in general, there's no way to count them. But Fidonet 
has about 10 people leaving for every new one joining for about a year now.
That's in the US. In europe, Fidonet is actually expanding.
:-)
jB-)
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