Subj : Re: something new..
To : Terry Roati
From : Ward Dossche
Date : Wed Feb 08 2023 12:31 pm
TR>AI> I don't think I ever got up to a thousand users but I had several
TR>AI> hundred, around 700 back then.
TR> That's very good for your area I guess, Metro Manila had a population of
TR> over
TR> 12 million then with free untimed local phone calls so users were limited
TR> to 30 minutes, the two lines were always busy.
Metro HongKong used to be wild with 700 systems, super busy.
Then the NC got named in a formal complaint, this was a dishonour for him and by definition touched all the members in the net. To save his, and their, honor he took the whole net down. No-one ever complained, no-one came back either.
We had a Chinese sysop in Belgium in those days and he explained this was the proper thing to do for that NC. He had no other option ... cultures differ ..
