Subj : Re: How did you find out
To   : Tiny
From : akacastor
Date : Sun Jun 02 2024 19:22:31

 Ti>  a> I'd love to hear any stories or memories you have of wardialing and
 Ti>  a> everything that goes along with it!
 Ti> 
 Ti> I didn't have to wardial.  There was a couple access codes that got
 Ti> floated around for long distance services.  I used one of those for over
 Ti> a year with the same code to call New York to connect to a free service
 Ti> that offered slip access to the internet.

That sounds awesome - over a year is pretty good longevity.  Being used for access to the internet I assume it was pretty heavily used?  Did you ever hear of any consequences from the access codes, or did they just stop working one day and everyone moved onto something else?  If the codes were floated around I guess you wouldn't have been the only one enjoying them.

I think the closest I got was calling a BBS with a 1-800 toll free number and using it to trade files with a long distance friend.  Eventually the sysop messaged us and told us to ease off a bit as us staying connected too long was going to become a problem when the beancounters noticed it.


Chris/akacastor

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