Subj : Re: Issue With Message Im
To   : MRO
From : DaiTengu
Date : Wed Oct 14 2026 03:49 pm

  Re: Re: Issue With Message Im
  By: MRO to DaiTengu on Wed Oct 14 2026 03:28 pm

 >> There was a handful of more "professional" BBSes around here, they either
 >> ran > Wildcat! or MajorBBS.  The Data Exchange went from MajorBBS ->
 >> Worldgroup to
 >> becoming the area's first full-fledged ISP.

 MR> Are you talking about IDE?

 Nope, IDE was different.  The Data Exchange was in Neenah.  Eventually he 
"merged" with Athenet which was another ISP startup. 

They were eventually bought by Northern Telephone and Data out of Oshkosh. They 
still have an ASN registration (AS7268) with a few blocks of IP addresses under 
with the company listed as "Athenet Data Exchange" 
(see: https://ipinfo.io/209.103.219.65 )

....QWK? I don't need no stinkin' QWK packet!

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