Well, this here was my attempt to get some of the talk of the AA BBS case off the net and into the minds of everyday Joes in the Heartland. Hope it's appreciated. In some ways, the information highway is more like an information ocean.
Powerful currents stir within, evidenced only by ripples on the surface.
As with any bulletin board service, any person could register himself with the system operators and access the system, using a modem, from any telephone connection. ANY telephone connection. Anywhere, from Alaska to Zimbabwe. Seems a certain postal inspector decided to advance his career a bit. Finally he found a charge that he could make stick.