Subj : Local vs Network message boards
To   : Nightfox
From : Roon
Date : Sat May 04 2024 00:27:26

Hello Nightfox,

03 May 24 12:56, you wrote to me:

 N>   Re: Local vs Network message boards
 N>   By: Roon to SoDa7 on Fri May 03 2024 09:12 pm

 Ro>> here in hungary local message bases were never a thing,
 Ro>> everything was networked. mostly fidonet but there were also some
 Ro>> small friendly

 N> BBSes often had a local community of users though (at least in places
 N> where local phone calls were free or inexpensive).  Was local BBS
 N> usage not really high enough where local messagebases would be used?

it was high but mostly for leeching files, not too many bothered with blue wave, they quickly switched to be a point. door games also wasn't so popular because of the costs.

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