Subj : Re: computers
To   : Malvinas
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Jul 17 2024 10:46:03

  Re: Re: computers
  By: Malvinas to Spectre on Wed Jul 17 2024 02:04 pm

 Ma> I'm from Argentina, here BBSs lasted a while longer. I started connecting
 Ma> around 1997 and they were still taking calls up until maybe 1999 or even
 Ma> year 2000. Dial-up ISPs took a slow-burn while to catch up and gather

It was similar where I am (northwest US).  The internet seemingly started to become popular here around 1995 or 1996, but the BBS scene was still fairly active, though dwindling.  I ran my BBS from 1994 to 2000, and it was fairly active for at least 4 years, from what I remember (and it wasn't until 1998 that I connected it to FidoNet).  But in those last 2 years or so, the number of callers dwindled, and by 2000, it wasn't getting much use anymore.  I decided to take my original BBS down in February 2000.

Ironically, I think my current BBS now is getting more use than my original BBS was just before I took it down in 2000.

Nightfox
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