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How many On-Line services are out there?
Many different numbers are tossed about yet no one seems to know
for sure.
On-Line services run the gamut from hobby BBS's to product
support, private corporate lines and public and private data searches.
These services include everything from Genie to Compuserve, from Bank
of New York to Dow Jones, from the Asymetrix Support BBS to The Exec-PC
BBS. From The Well to the Firehouse BBS.
To raise the stakes a bit higher, how many BBS users are there?
The numbers may be quite a surprise to anyone who has an interest.
Commercial enterprises, publishing houses and direct marketers all have
a stake in knowing the answers to these questions, and ModemNews
Magazine is going to attempt to answer them.
ModemNews Magazine, for more than three years bringing the arts
and entertainment, news and views to its readers each month, is going
to embark on a project that is sure to raise some eyebrows and interest
a wide variety of people, the first comprehensive census of on-line
services ever undertaken.
Modeled after the United States' decennial census, we are going to
take a snapshot of the BBS world on September 1, 1992. Just how we aim
to accomplish this is why you are reading this now.
This is not a project that we have undertaken lightly. It is a
project that has been in the planning stages for quite some time, and
something that is going to require the cooperation of many separate
entities, all working together toward a common goal.
With the enclosed attachment I hope to briefly outline what you
can do to assist us in this endeavor. The results will be of benefit to
us all. We thank you for your cooperation.
Moreover, we will assure you that the personal information that we
will ask of you will not be used for any commercial purposes whatsoever
and will be destroyed on November 1, 1992. It will only be used by the
staff of ModemNews for statistical purposes in compiling the results of
Census '92 Questionnaires. Your personal name, phone number and home
address will never appear published in any way shape or form.
The Staff