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First of all, "in the US alone," is misleading because the vast majority of BBS and their users were actually in the US. Another vague assertion stated confide
by morsch 4y ago
First of all, "in the US alone," is misleading because the vast majority of BBS and their users were actually in the US.
Another vague assertion stated confidently, but without sources. How do you know this? What percentage is a vast majority?
60K BBSs means a capacity of exactly 60K users simultaneously
Again, stated like a fact, but there were BBSs with multiple lines. What percentage? I don't know. Do you? But "capacity" is a red herring anyway, just like "significance".
- icedchai 4y agoMulti-line BBSes were few and far between. As a very active BBS user in 1990, there were about 100 systems in my local calling area. Of those, I only remember 3 or 4 having multiple lines. A system like that was a serious investment: you had the $$$ for the phone lines every month, plus all the equipment for the system itself.