Well yes, but also no. The smaller single line BBSs were great and you could get on them...frequently the multi line ones had a subscription or were constantly

Well yes, but also no. The smaller single line BBSs were great and you could get on them...frequently the multi line ones had a subscription or were constantly busy. As a teenager, I couldn't afford that...but I could afford to run a BBS from 6pm to 9am from my dormroom. Rumor had it the really BIG bbs's on the coasts had the COOLEST STUFF. But I couldn't afford to call California or New York back then.