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Were they global or local? I made that distinction intentionally.
by themafia 11mo ago
Were they global or local? I made that distinction intentionally.
- throwaway81523 11mo agoUsenet was US-centric but somewhat global and certainly not local. Even dialup BBS's were sometimes nationwide despite long distance phone charges. I wasn't into the BBS thing though.
- reaperducer 11mo agoWere they global or local? I made that distinction intentionally. Either or both, depending on the SYSOP's resources. I ran a BBS that did store-and-forward between the U.S. and Europe. The ones with global connections could take a day to a week to forward messages, but that turned out to be a feature. We went outside in the real world instead of staying online arguing with strangers.
- yencabulator 10mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet