Subj : Re: Planet Maca's Opus To : B'ichela From : "Time Warrior" Date : Fri Jun 20 2003 03:40 pm On 06-15-03, B'ichela said... B> From: "B'ichela" B> B> Newsgroups: alt.bbs B> From: B'ichela B> Subject: Planet Maca's Opus soon going dialup only. B> Reply-To: B> Followup-To: B> Keywords: B> Summary: Planet Maca's Opus leaving the TCP/IP scene, going dialup in Octo B> B> After a year of being on the Internet, I have decided to pull B> out of the DSL side of the internet in October. It is my plans to keep B> the dialup line active and just do "net death". This is due to the B> expenses incurred while operating a bbs on the net. I rather see the B> dialup line get used and there is no way I can afford the DSL and my B> Dish Network Sattelite TV system. so DSL goes bye bye when my contract B> expires. B> I also am doing net death for another reason. Spam mail! While B> it decreased since I have been not posting much. I cannot afford to B> keep payng for someone to send me "junk mail". B> I am working to clear up the issues with xmodem/ymodem and B> zmodem downloads via modem that seem to be plaguing my dialup users B> and I will continue to get Fidonet and I-link (once I figure out why I B> cannot get on to my i-link hub right now.) B> This is not exactly what one would call an advertisement. more B> of a news release. B> You may call Planet Maca's Opus at 860-738-7176 in Connecticut B> USA (town of Winsted/Winchester) Supports 300-33.6kbps Open 24/7 Are you planning on leaving the internet on a personal level also? Dialup is basically dead, and theres just enough people on telnet to make it worth doing. I'm afraid if you go dialup only, chances are you'll take your BBS down all together, because you'll get fewer and fewer calls (if you get any at all now anyways) and you won't be able to justify the expense of a dataline that no one uses. If you decided to go internet on 56k, then i hate to tell you but having DSL is actually cheaper than paying for the x-tra phone line PLUS a dialup internet account. Also, how will you poll for echomail? Chances are, none of your hubs are local to you, and do you really want the long distance bill included with dialing for a feed? Looks to me like your basically putting your BBS to death. But thats your choice to make. Time Warrior, Sysop: Malkavia BBS : ICQ: 25055930 (Chicago, IL) Email: twarrior@malkaviabbs.com | Xpresit Net: http://www.xpresit.net Email #2: xpresitnet@juno.com .