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   PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Win32 master/9c3288713 Dec 31 2023 MSC 1916   
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   -=> Ginger1 wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-   
      
    Gi> I miss the firm relationship between telephone numbers and geography. I   
    Gi> think something has been lost with that. Local numbers, with local rate   
    Gi> calls, encouraged local bulletin boards - and was a boon for local   
    Gi> businesses - that could play to their local credentials with a familiar   
    Gi> area code.   
      
    Back in the late '80s, I remember memorizing the local exchanges that   
    were free -- that was after running up a $100+ phone bill at my   
    parents' house calling a local-toll board that was in my same area code   
    but outside of local calling.   
      
    That was part of the inspiration for starting a BBS. People would call   
    ME and send ME files!  :)   
      
      
      
      
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