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1988 they were charging $11 per hour! (That's roughly $21 per hour). They had "more than 250,000 subscribers".

http://imgur.com/KCLwBzy

Notable quote, written over 20 years ago, from that image (about BIX, $9 per hour, which grew from a magazine.):

"This is the computer industry as it used to be: people sharing ideas and solutions without the greed and grit associated with today's corporate driven, litigation-laced, industry"



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