Subj : Re: BBS Population, DWeb, Re_AOL
To   : boraxman
From : Spectre
Date : Thu Oct 20 2022 04:58:00

 bo> I joined up back in 2000, or 1999, and I got a CD with a dialer.  But the
 bo> dialer didn't connect to a specific portal.  Many ISP's I recall did this.

You'd have to go back to about ~93-95 somewhere to see AOL offerings.

 bo> At the time, Netspace was quite good (always was actually).  It was

Never used them myself, but I have a friend that has stuck with them since
they moved to the ISP model and did tech work for them in the past.

 bo> I don't recall anyone ever using the Aussie AOL myself.  The Australia

In the circles I moved, the CD's were pretty common, and I saw a lot of
people use the 30 day free trial, but as mentioned their interface was
heavily locked down, and restrictive.  You could only connect with a Windoze
system from memory, couldn't share the link on a network, were largely
limited to the applications they provided.  I don't recall seeing anyone that
actually signed on to continue using them beyond the trial period.

Spec


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