My Secret Life as an 11 year old BBS sysop (arstechnica.com)

Wow this kind of hit home! A lot of familiar ground. When I was 12 and living in San Diego I started a BBS, also using WWIV. Called Xcellent! BBS. When we moved back to the UK I tried to keep it going, but the BBS scene in the UK was a lot further back. I believe I had a connection through a friend to WWIVNET or something similar but I had to do that through a call to the US from the UK which in 1992 was ridiculously expensive so I stopped.

Thanks for the post :)

Ahh, I have so many good memories of BBSing as a kid in the 707.

Seeing that dot matrix printout of the BBS list brings me right back. The lure of a BBS that was a toll call was strong.