On 2019 Feb 17 01:28:00, you wrote to me:
I don't think you understand how, in the grand scheme of
Fidonet-things, irrelevant Planet Connect was.
on the contrary... Planet Connect helped to shed the artifical
constrains put on operators as to where you can get your echomail
feed from... people went to PC because it was slightly cheaper
Refresh my memory -- when did PC come into being?
1992 or 1993... PageSAT was the other company also offering fidonet via satellite feed...
I know that I have never been constrained as to where I could feed my echomail from. In fact, for several decades my feed was not even in
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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Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
... There is no gravity. The earth sucks.
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