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    Thank you for your interest in The Zero Network!

    Zer0net was founded in the late 1990s during a desperate time when the
    last few great dial-up systems were folding and, due to lack of good
    solutions, telnet hadn't quite taken hold outside of the odd "public
    domain" Wildcat and Worldgroup board. Things were changing, that much
    was obvious, and while many others struggled to come up with ways to
    move our technology forward, or to shift the focus of their groups away
    from the BBS scene entirely, we dedicated this echomail network to the
    idea of keeping the underground scene and its various areas of interest
    a part of active conversation on what few "elite" bulletin board
    systems remained.

    You'll likely not find any comic book forums or race car messages on
    Zer0net. You *will* find intelligent discussion based around the
    underground art scenes, the h/p scenes, warez, programming, and of
    course all things related to BBSing itself. Many of Zer0net's regular
    contributors are influential members of the BBS scene, past and
    present, and we have official and unofficial affiliations to a wide
    array of scene groups and software.

    Membership to The Zero Network is highly selective. Specifically,
    systems with beautiful custom artwork, large amounts of modification,
    an authentic old school, underground feel, and/or an active, quality 
    local community are what we're looking for. We're also only interested 
    in serious SysOps who plan on sticking it out for a while. There are 
    many other networks out there for the innumerable SysOps out there who 
    get nostalgic and put up boards with default setups and no active 
    users. This is not one of them.

    For more information on The Zero Network download the latest infopack
    from your favorite underground bulletin board, our website, or contact:

    jack phlash (jp@demonic.net)

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