Re: BoycoT BBS Going Offline...

["Terry & Utahna" <tolsen64@hotmail.com>]

Still lurking around occasionally...with dialup, i'm not online that
much...anyway, my new email address is:
olsens(at)access(dash)NumeralFour(dash)free(dot)com

Is rainbowsend still online?  Haven't been able to use Charles' NNTP server,
or get on his BBS...


"CHRIS" <nomail@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> 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..)
>