WD>>> I don't think you understand how, in the grand scheme of WD>>> Fidonet-things, irrelevant Planet Connect was.
ML>> on the contrary... Planet Connect helped to shed the artifical ML>> constrains put on operators as to where you can get your echomail ML>> feed from... people went to PC because it was slightly cheaper
DS> Refresh my memory -- when did PC come into being?
1992 or 1993... PageSAT was the other company also offering fidonet via satellite feed...
DS> I know that I have never been constrained as to where I could feed my DS> echomail from. In fact, for several decades my feed was not even in DS> my region. That only changed when Ross Cassell closed up shop.
yeah, some nets were quite open and truthful about getting feeds... others not so much... i was turned down one time when asking for a feed and told that i had to get it from my *C/*EC to which i responded "not if i'm paying the phone bill." :) besides, it was cheaper for out-of-state long distance than it was for in-state long distance... i was given a free feed out of texas one time because i only had a 2400 modem... once i had the mail here, i could feed it to anyone else that wanted it... at 2400... 20 to 30 minute mail transfers were common and at $0.10US/minute, it would add up at the end of the month... eg: 3x a day, 30 mins each, times .10, times 30days in the monthly billing cycle, $270US before taxes and fees...
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