> > Thierry has been a point to me for many years now. > QBOX USA are also, but I have not had anything from them for a long > while now - is it still going? >
QBox-USA has been down for a few weeks now. The power supply died and while I got that replaced I was looking through the logs and noticing that the BBS had received very few callers over the past year or so. I also started looking at the increasing costs of the phone line, when I started Qbox-USA the phone line ran approx US$15 per month. Now it's getting close to $30. I think the lack of use is due to most people being on the net these days maybe not directly with a QL but still on and probably with a local phone call (or DSL/cable modem). Could also have something to do with the fact that the BBS was a little out of date and I haven't had the time to maintain it other than basic functionality. There are a lot of web sites out there with more current stuff than the BBS had. So I decided to shut it down and cancel the phone line, the extra $30 a month will be put to good use. I think it had a good run and was definitely very heavily used for a few years. We started it around September 1993 with '94 - '97 probably it's peak years. I have no regrets running it as long as we did but I think it's time has come and gone. -- John Impellizzeri mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
