Topic: Bulletin Board System

A host recalls a trip to the Netherlands in the early 1990s where he visited a home-based server farm in Rotterdam. The facility was used to produce and distribute pornography via Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) before the mainstream internet era, noting the nonchalant attitude toward the business in Dutch society.

The hosts reminisce about early networking technology, including Fidonet, bulletin board systems (BBS), and the evolution of modem speeds. They contrast the limitations of the 1980s with modern 5-gigabit fiber optic connections.