*** Quoting Mike Hudson to Aaron Queen dated 01-06-98 ***
> -=> Quoting Aaron Queen to James Burt <=-
> 
>  AQ> I need an account that i can use for..3 hours...to get updated BBS
>  AQ> software..i dont have the money to pay for internet, and i can 
> barely
>  AQ> pay off my phone line..so what i need is an account such as :
>  AQ> AOL,Compuserve,MSN,Prodigy...etc...big networks whose dialup 
> software
>  AQ> is available over the internet..hope you and yer friends can help
> 
>  AQ> Aaron Queen
>  AQ> Sysop of b0ssman's w0rld BBS
> 
> This is just a question and I'm not trying to be a wise guy...but if 
> you
> can't afford to have a 19.95 a month Internet account how are you ever 
> gonna
> afford to keep a BBS running?
> 
> Before you ask...yes, I am a sysop, and have had my board online since
Good question...I thought about asking it too...
Glad you did first...
*** Quoting Mike Hudson to Aaron Queen dated 01-06-98 ***
> But I have ANOTHER question.  If you had an AOL account and you still 
> have
> a computer.  What's to stop you from installing AOL software on the 
> machine
> you have now, and dialing in?  So what if your friend moved.  As long 
> as
> he hasn't changed the password on your account, or cancelled the 
> account, and
> is current paying for the service, your account will still be there.  
> Have
> you tried that?  Of course, if he's on at the time you try to get 
> on...you
> will get a message from AOL refusing your connection, but that's about 
> all.
> 
Another point..that's why I won't give my aol account info to anyone except 
me and my wife....(Patting you on the back for sticking up for peoples 
ights)
 
Nice job..
 
Shawn
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