Subj : SD COMPUTER SOCIETY
To   : Howie Coombe
From : Tom Walker
Date : Sat Jan 22 2005 08:28 am

->  > -> > There at one time also were well over 300 BBS's in the San Diego

->  > -> That is a lot of BBS's for 1 Metropolitan area, even one as huge as 
San

->  >  Yes it was.


-> What is its density these days?.

down to less then a dozen I suspect in the County. I know most of my
frends that still BBS use Doc's in Florida or some other TelNet board.
Jake's in Santee Calif that I use in hanging in there as a Dial UP. When
he goes that will be the last Dial Up I can call Toll Free.

->  > But for some reason the San Diego general area has always been Very       
  
-> > Computer Aware.

-> Probably because, according to my reading of its reputation, it is a very
-> progressive Area.

Well The Political LIBERALS don't think so. It is decidedly
Conserviative. As is Orange County just to the north of us.
But yes it is Hi Tech Oriented area and before the Offshore outsourcing
started had a significant Industrial base based on Technology.

->  > At one time we had the MOST broadband wired Downtown of any city in the   
  
-> > United States.

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 * Origin: Shakey Jake's *ALL FREE BBS* Santee, CA (1:202/1324)

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