So, I've had this idea for awhile, and figure it should be fairly doable,   
   though I don't particularly know where to begin in figuring out how to make it   
   work.  One thing I think that is lacking both in the BBS world and the   
   internet in general these days is good local communication channels (they're   
   there, just not nearly as widely used as they were back in the pre-internet   
   bbs days).  Getting the inspiration from wifi hotspots that send you   
   automatically to a local web page as a portal when a browser is directed   
   anywhere, I came up with the idea of setting up a BBS to connect this day   
   through an external program (as much as I appreciate ftelnet, and would   
   probably use it as a backup option, it's just not the same experience).  While   
   I'm sure with enough digging I could probably figure it out on my own (and may   
   still anyway), I figured this may be something other people might be   
   interested in doing, and thus is worth asking about on here for ideas on how   
   to set it up, and any other concerns that may arise out of this type of setup.   
   I'm not entirely sure this echo is where it would best go (as this wifi   
   hotspot need not actually route people to the internet at all), but I figured   
   it was close, and meanwhile may help the place seem more "lived in" as other   
   people have put it.  Anyway, let me know if you have ideas about setting this   
   kind of thing up.  It even seems like the type of thing that releasing a   
   fairly easy to install package may be worthwhile with.   
      
   (Oh, and for those of you who don't think this would bring in enough users to   
   be worthwhile, consider that I'm posting from inside Boston...college students   
   everywhere with laptops, wifi that is mostly available in any large apartment   
   area, and lots of people jumping on when they see free wifi.  If nothing else,   
   the novelty seems like it'd be a draw enough to get things going, and would   
   take no effort on the part of the users).   
      
   Cykros   
      
      
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