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     To: Sean Dennis   
     Re: Re: BBS Software Timeout Values   
     By: Sean Dennis to Jas Hud on Sun Apr 09 2023 08:18 pm   
      
    > -=> Jas Hud wrote to Dennis Scott <=-   
    >   
    >  JH> not only can we not get people to pay for subscriptions for our bbses,   
    >  JH> over the years i have seen systems that were not successful in doing   
    >  JH> cash prizes and other gifts to get users to call.   
    >   
    > Like how nearly every MBBS system in the 90s charged a subscription because   
    > the software was so expensive?   
    >   
      
   well when i was writing that i'm talking about the telnet age, not dialup age.   
      
   during the dialup years, i did subscribe to some of those and it was because   
   they provided internet access when it was crummy in my area.   
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