The Internet was fun in the 90s when ISPs were small. But once the big
telcos and cable operators smelled money in the market, they used their
huge resources to dominate and squeeze out small ISPs. And it all went downhill from there.
We now have faster speeds, and spend more money on it, but to what end? Youtube? Twitter? They offer little value to me.
I'm interested in old school BBS modem networking. But why bother, now
that we have the Internet? Yes, but who controls it? Telcos and cable.
And with them come government. It all seems very big brother to me.
I don't have a BBS online yet, but I plan to. Earning a living tends to
get in the way, so I can't say when. Any who have similar interests may contact me at the email address found in the headers of this post. It's
real.
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