17 Nov
2000
17 Nov
'00
1:09 p.m.
On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 THETechnoid(a)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.