Subj : Re: BBS Software Timeout Values
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Jas Hud
Date : Mon Apr 10 2023 06:29 am

 To: Sean Dennis
 Re: Re: BBS Software Timeout Values
 By: Sean Dennis to Jas Hud on Sun Apr 09 2023 08:18 pm

> -=> Jas Hud wrote to Dennis Scott <=-
>
>  JH> not only can we not get people to pay for subscriptions for our bbses,
>  JH> over the years i have seen systems that were not successful in doing
>  JH> cash prizes and other gifts to get users to call.
>
> Like how nearly every MBBS system in the 90s charged a subscription because
> the software was so expensive?
>

well when i was writing that i'm talking about the telnet age, not dialup age.

during the dialup years, i did subscribe to some of those and it was because they provided internet access when it was crummy in my area.