29 Jun
2007
29 Jun
'07
10:12 a.m.
On 6/29/07, woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
I grew up 6 miles from the CompuServe building, almost close enough to
use tin cans and string ;-) Plenty of toll-free modeming around, but
only free to BBSes - if you could get through. Best time was whenever
"Star Trek" was on TV (18:00-19:00 in Columbus in 1982, IIRC).
$1.00 a minute seems pricy to me for long distance in the 1980s - at
least for off-peak. Were Canadian rates that bad everywhere, or just
around you?
-ethan
Yeah I remember those first painful CIS bills,
nothing
like $10.95 off-peak and $15.95 peak connection charges!!! ;-)
I have Never had that fun! With a $1.00 a minute long distance rates
I never did connect to many sites when I had my Acoustic Coupler.