Re: BoycoT BBS Going Offline...

[CHRIS <nomail@nospam.com>]

On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 03:37:41 GMT, "Terry & Utahna"
<tolsen64@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Because AT&T got bought by ComCast, then ComCast got bought by Bresnan, my
>cable internet bill is now over $65 a month.  I am therefore cancelling my
>cable internet and going with a free internet dialup service called
>access-4-free.

Unfortunate!  Yes, I've watched my cable/internet prices climb.  When
I started, it was about $80/month for TV/modem.  3 years later, my
cable bill is $112/mo for the same service.  Pretty annoying, really.

>So....that means that the BBS will no longer be online.

And I was beginning to wonder if my TELNET program was having
problems!

>The website, ftp site, and anything else using the "boycot.no-ip.com" name
>will also be offline...
>
>Sorry, but I can no longer justify the cost just to run a server...If prices
>EVER go down, i'll probably put it all back up again...someday...

Sorry to hear that.  I hope you'll still be around.  I am still hoping
to write an Apple // oriented/friendly BBS system, which will run
under Windows.  I am just getting moved into my new house now, and
once I get everything set up I'd like to start working on it.  I will
be writing it in VB.NET.  Though, I am going to write a gateway system
using the RS232 port in Visual C++, as .NET doesn't seem to (yet) have
a good serial "namespace" for that.  Unless it's like Windows NT/2K/XP
where it's all done through files.. hmm.. will have to look into
that..

Keep in touch!

// CHRIS
(win32mfc on your BBS..)