Tymenet, TelEnet, Redi-net, etc (was: Re: BBS's

From: Charles P. Hobbs <transit_at_lerctr.org>
Date: Fri Nov 17 13:09:03 2000

On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 THETechnoid_at_home.com wrote:

> Maybe not too expensive. Back in the day, Tymenet was touted by all my
> friends as the solution to all thier LD telephone bill woes. It wasn't
> quite as fast as standard lines though.

Of course, these packet switched networking companies charged the
online services (Source, Compuserve, PeopleLink, etc) quite a bit. I think
Peoplelink eventually went out of business, partially due to high packet
switch network costs. But I could be wrong...


P.S. anyone remember PC-Pursuit and StarLink? These were outdial
services that allowed users, for a $25/mo fee (too high for me back
in the day) to call BBS's all over the US, without worrying about
running up a high long distance bill.
Received on Fri Nov 17 2000 - 13:09:03 GMT