Other part of Wayne's post asked where I am located: I am in
Northeast Wisconsin in the city of Appleton... part of the Fox Cities which is about 100,000 altogether. Appleton is 30 miles South of Green Bay, home of the Packers football team.

Also I put together a newsgroup for the area on Usenet called

wi.northeastern.talk

There are several Wisconsin groups in the wi.* hierarchy but
this one stays fairly free of spam and crossposts. It is unmoderated and all subjects are welcome.

Newsgroups like this are available as a link from Google if using
a newsreader is not something you want to do.

I've been involved in telecomm for about 10 years. Got started
with a users group at that time.