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Yeah, this is the way. There are still BBS’s out there with FidoNet coordinates. Granted, most are using the telnet protocol but there are some dial up boards still in existence. As far as I know you can still run at 56k over cell phone connections. I bet for ~$100 per month you could run a dial up BBS that supports 5 lines with a FidoNet address. It’s only good for text but the protocol and bandwidth are adequate for that and text is sufficient to distribute ideas. Also, because this is happening over VOIP I think the content is protected by common carrier laws.


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