Another thought, assuming the above analogy is solid, can we please stop effing around with BBS and get on with the Internet? I am guessing there are still some people floating around in the dungeons of BBS only sticking their heads out to check if the paper came so they can read the news and talk about it with their buddies. For crap sake, this stuff is neat, but the wait for something useful you can share with your peers, let alone your parents or grandparents, is murder.