From: "Mercyful Fate"    
      
   $ Netsurge mentioned . .   
   %   
   > I was and sort of still am a major echomail hub in Fidonet.  Back in the da   
   > was one of few to offer echomail via FTP or email and charged for it.  I ha   
   > enough downlinks who would pay for the service which allowed me to run the    
   > isdn's.   
      
   sweetness.. i was jsut able to pay for my own phone line once i started   
   working more during highschool.. but i sure went through hell with the phone   
   company and line noise, running dedicate lines through the stormdrain, haha   
   and all sorta of fun.   
      
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