Subj : BBS affected by Internet
To   : physalis17
From : Gumbro
Date : Wed Nov 12 2014 07:12 pm

  Re: BBS affected by Internet
  By: physalis17 to All on Wed Nov 12 2014 07:59:00

 > Hey guys,
 > 
 > I am new here and have a question regarding bulletin board systems. The
 > president is now fully supporting net neutrality which I think is a good thi
 > and it is upsetting the ISPs. However, if the next president likes the ISPs 
 > wants Internet Fast Lanes, will that really affect BBS? Is the BBS invulnera
 > to these ISPs since this technology has been around for decades and from the
 > BBS documentry I saw, we are talking only needing baud speed connections. No
 > to mention that BBS like this one aren't graphical so how would say Comcast 
 > COX put up warning images to make you pay more to view more pages?
 > 

I'd say the dial-up BBS's are pretty invulnerable to changes with ISP's.
However, the same operators, at least where I come from, also operate the
landlines needed for dial-up. And there is a push to make people use internet
or cell phones instead of landlines, I suppose because the landline upkeep is
costly especially in the rural areas.

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