bill swisher (1:124/311) wrote to Janis Kracht at 16:49 on 12 Jun 2010:

 bs> Janis, etal, I was the last NC for Net 3550 which was Alaska.  I
 bs> sent the message to Dallas to pull the plug on us, don't remember
 bs> when that was exactly, around 1995-1996.  Steven took over Alaska
 bs> Chat from the two women who ran it. My wife and our friend "Queen
 bs> Deidre".  They inherited it from a woman who was married to an Air
 bs> Force guy at Eielson AFB outside of Fairbanks, Lori/Laurie
 bs> Somethingorother.  She had gotten it listed prior to me becoming
 bs> NC. 

Bill,

Dallas Hinton is still around and could confirm when Net3550 shut down. 
I'm still in touch by email with Deidre Ganopole (Osgood as she then was)
and certainly remember your wife.  As for Lori, Deidre would know who she
was although the name Nielsen (sp?) sticks in my mind.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn{at}northwestel.net)
Moderator emeritus, ALASKA_CHAT 
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