I loved how relaying got around long distance charges.
Bowmanville would call Oshawa which was a local call.
Oshawa would call Pickering which was a local call.
Pickering would call Scarborough again a local call.
Scarborough would call Toronto and Toronto would call Mississauga.
All the message relays would just use local calls, but if you left any of the stop out you would need a long distance call. So all our local message did not cost us.
My home BBS was in Shelburne, and every call to a metropolitan centre was long distance for them for quite some time. We used to get long delays on mail drops!
Bowmanville would call Oshawa which was a local call.
Oshawa would call Pickering which was a local call.
Pickering would call Scarborough again a local call.
Scarborough would call Toronto and Toronto would call Mississauga.
All the message relays would just use local calls, but if you left any of the stop out you would need a long distance call. So all our local message did not cost us.