From: Chris Canning <kwartz@wxs.nl>
Subject: Re: What do callers want in a BBS???
Date: Sunday, June 06, 1999 5:28 AM

I think the greatest appeal of local BBS's is just that  "local"  Having
local information and interaction is just not that functional on the net.
But it can make a BBS very worthwhile.

Chris

Darryl Perry wrote:

> In article <19990601211121.20835.00008543@ng-cf1.aol.com>,
>   dad2be1@aol.com (Dad2be1) wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >   I am trying to bring back my BBS that I shut down over a year ago
> and I was
> > wondering what do callers look for in a bbs? Should I have a million
> or so
> > files or 1000 doors? or internet?  My bbs is a telnet only BBS so I
> don't see
> > any point in offering internet web surfing. Any ideas??
> >
> >   This is what my BBS has so far:
> >
> >       OVer 31,000 files  (Only 1 cd-rom drive online at this time..
> more coming
> > soon)
> >
> >      Over 55 door games
> >
> >      3 Message Networks (ACEnet, MASTERnet, Intelec)
> >
> >      League 333 Inter-BBS Games
> >
> > Any ideas on improving it??
> >
> > Thanks,
> >  Mark Iezzi
> >  dad2be1@aol.com
> >
> >  Telnet: gameroom.dyn.ez-ip.net
>
> People can find files aplenty on the web, but I think that if you were
> to subscribe to FidoNet's filebone, you could get lots of the *latest*
> programs.  That is a service that can't be offered on the Web.
>
> Since people can telnet to Ny as easily as they can telnet to CA,
> without any toll charges, message networks start to loose some of their
> meaing.  I mean, I can go to Joe's Telnet BBS and read the fidonet
> messages, and I can go to Zed's Telnet BBS and read the same fidonet
> messages.  What's the point of that?  My suggestion would be to have
> plenty of NON-NETWORKED message areas.  Only messages threads that can
> be found only on your BBS.
>
> Just a few,
>
> --
> -Regards,
> Darryl Perry
> Gryphon's Eyrie BBS:Sacramento, CA.|916-363-1830
> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/8687
>
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