On 2019 Feb 17 01:28:00, you wrote to me:

 WD>>> I don't think you understand how, in the grand scheme of
 WD>>> Fidonet-things, irrelevant Planet Connect was.

 ML>> on the contrary... Planet Connect helped to shed the artifical
 ML>> constrains put  on operators as to where you can get your echomail
 ML>> feed from... people went to PC because it was slightly cheaper

 DS> Refresh my memory -- when did PC come into being?

1992 or 1993... PageSAT was the other company also offering fidonet via
satellite feed...

 DS> I know that I have never been constrained as to where I could feed my
 DS> echomail from.  In fact, for several decades my feed was not even in
 DS> my region.  That only changed when Ross Cassell closed up shop.

yeah, some nets were quite open and truthful about getting feeds... others not
so much... i was turned down one time when asking for a feed and told that i
had to get it from my *C/*EC to which i responded "not if i'm paying the phone
bill." :)  besides, it was cheaper for out-of-state long distance than it was
for in-state long distance... i was given a free feed out of texas one time
because i only had a 2400 modem... once i had the mail here, i could feed it to
anyone else that wanted it... at 2400... 20 to 30 minute mail transfers were
common and at $0.10US/minute, it would add up at the end of the month... eg: 3x
a day, 30 mins each, times .10, times 30days in the monthly billing cycle,
$270US before taxes and fees...

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