Re: BBSes
  By: Sean Dennis to Rob Swindell on Fri May 19 2006 10:36 pm

 > Hello, Rob.
 > 
 > Replying to a message of Rob Swindell to Sean Dennis:
 > 
 >  RS> "pay BBSes"? I thought they were extinct!
 > 
 > Not according to The Telnet List and a few other BBS lists I've happened upo
 > 
 > However, if you look very closely, you'll notice nearly all of the
"pay" BBS
 > are all Worldgroup-based systems.  I guess those sysops have to recoup their
 > multi-thousand dollar investments. :)
 > 
 > The Telnet List does, IIRC, make a distinction between
"donations accepted" 
 > "pay-to-play" boards.  I haven't been on a pay BBS in many,
many years.  The
 > last one I was on was in 1997 (it was a 16-line WG-based board in my local a
 > in Texas).  That board died when the Internet access explosion hit.
 > 
 > Later,
 > Sean

I noticed an old BBS I used to subscribe to, Big12 MetroBBS or Metropolis 
now, still shows Pay on their board when I login.  12 years ago this board 
was hoppin' and most of my friends had an active, pay account to get 
online. IIRC they are WG too, but most of their revenue is from web 
hosting.  The BBS probably just stays running for nostalgia.  Sean, the 
Texas board you're referring to might be Metro, though they were based in 
Kansas they had many dial-up numbers in Texas (where I'm at).

Sam

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