Subj : Campaigning...
To   : Ward Dossche
From : Ozz Nixon
Date : Fri Feb 15 2019 09:26 pm

Hello Ward.

16 Feb 19 02:21, you wrote to me:

 WD> I don't think you understand how, in the grand scheme of
 WD> Fidonet-things, irrelevant Planet Connect was.

Again, that blanket of a statement does not hold light to those who lived in 
the dead-zones of the US. We may be a mighty mouth as a country, but, we have 
places that it takes a week to get postal mail, that cell phones do not work, 
the Internet solution is still 2400bps or a Satellite service with Dial-up 
uplink. Planet Connect helped those places interact with a much larger scan 
than what they were used to. Hell, I lived outside of a big city, and where I 
was - 3 of us shared the phone bill to pull the echos amongst ourselves. So, 
for us to get 1000+ Echos, UPI and API News, FishNet (we liked) and other 
networks for a small monthly fee - it was a blessing. I know most of the world 
looks at the US as the toy-land we try to think of ourselves as... but, the 
fact is - alot of the US is still 5 to 10 years behind a modern city. Hell, 
when I moved to Richmond in 2012 after living in Philadelphia for over a 
decade, I felt like I went back to 1990. I leave here in 6 months - and I am 
excited beyond belief - I will be moving to an area where I can hit Atlanta in 
2 and 1/2 hours - and I can get my technology fix! Yet, the city I am moving to 
only has 1 provider capable of "DSL" speed. OMG! I am a spoiled 10gbps junkie! 
Gotta stream them videos! ;-) BUFFERING will be added to my grammar 
soon...yikes!

Ozz

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