Hi Richard, 
On 16 Feb'98, at 19:48, in a message to Walter Luffman, you wrote this 
about "Compuserve": 
 RP> Ahhh...a fellow BBSer. Can you still get BBS numbers from 
 RP> Compuserve or have they eliminated that list?  Seems like 
 RP> consumers have been getting the shaft where BBSs are concerned. 
 RP> It's either the internet or a big online service.  The little 
 RP> guy (BBS sysops) is getting squeezed terribly.  Too bad, since 
 RP> they offer a service that's still valuable. 
Acually, the interest in the Internet is what's killing BBS's. I ran a 
BBS for about 6 years. I closed it last April because of lack of calls, 
and the expense wasn't worth it. As you see, I'm still hanging out on 
BBS's. The Internet E-Mail beats BBS Network BBS's hands down. Some 
users prefer the loose E-Mail rules as opposed to the strict rules in 
the BBS echos. Also, some BBS actually charge a fee, and that's where 
the internet is better, since it offers more for your money, AND like 
one of my accounts, internet access can be FREE of charge in certain 
cases. 
Ray Madison 
70661.2471@compuserve.com 
madisonr@auhs.edu 
U.S.A. 
... Never ask a mortician to bring home a cold one...
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