begin  quoting gossamer axe as of Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 12:24:42PM -0700:
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> I had several dial up accounts there were unlimited, pacbell, netcom (both
> shell and slpp) and CTSNet.  But, if I did stay on too long, CTSNet and
> Netcom sent me nasty emails...and kicked me off.  I can understand some
> people not wanting to pay for unlimited time...like your parents.

Yah, the only reason they sprung for it was that $5/month wasn't a
big investment. :)

[snip]
> I also had my own message/file/game net...it was a hoot to run...Trying to
> convince BBSs to pick it up, working on files to distribute, advertising on
> other message nets and chatting with Sysops from all over the country...good
> times.

This is one of the reasons I generally shrug when I hear about the
impending death of the Internet.  We can build another one.

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