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To: Vendit™ who wrote (315)	12/23/2001 2:16:13 AM
From: (Bob) Zumbrunnen	Read Replies (2) of 1003

Any ideas how a totally free site pays for hardware, bandwidth, and employees? Yes; I like the idea of no employees to $$support. I pay for my own bandwidth. The Internet is already free. I don't want to see ads or be controlled by simple-minded control freaks. I don’t care for pretty colors or fancy frames. Let's take a trip to the real world for a moment. Yes; I like the idea of no employees to $$support How does a site run with absolutely zero people involved? Even if it's a one-man operation, there's got to be someone at the keyboard. And he likely needs to eat. I pay for my own bandwidth I wasn't referring to your bandwidth. ISP's don't give away the kind of bandwidth it takes to have acceptable throughput on these sites. I don't want to see ads or be controlled by simple-minded control freaks. Anyone in particular come to mind? Yes; take message boards back to the early 1980's. The only investment that a member needed was the cost of his or her machine. I have to assume you weren't around the message boards in the early 80's, then. I certainly was. And it was even more expensive to run one then than it is now. At one point, I had $25k wrapped up in equipment and about $400 per month in phone bills. To run a 10-line BBS. And the costs didn't stop at phone bills. The hardware constantly needed upgrading or replacing. So I pose the question back to you: How do you expect a message board site to operate for free and with no ads. PS. You're coming across like you've got a major chip on your shoulder. For whom? Me? Message boards in general? Specific ones? Oh, and one more thing. Please give the ticker symbol of a profitable message board. Not many boards are publicly traded, but I expect there are plenty of profitable privately-held ones.

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