DS> Yes.  You can take a look in the STATS echo for reports from various
DS> people.  The FidoGazette also publishes a weekly report of traffic

Thanks, I'll check those out.

DS> Dead echos are dead, and not a lot of bother -- but I agree with you.
DS> Question is, how to do that.   As to adding new ones, anyone can do
DS> that.  Problem is to get them advertised and to generate traffic.

I guess this is where the other networks become relevant. But they are all 
sorta played out too, like each one has a Mystic BBS echo, a General Messages 
echo, a BBS echo - they are all about as bad as Fido in that regard.

--- Renegade vY2Ka2