Boardwatch

[1] Founded in 1987, it began as a publication for the online Bulletin Board Systems of the 1980s and 1990s and ultimately evolved into a trade magazine for the Internet service provider (ISP) industry in the late 1990s.

The founder and original editor of Boardwatch was Jack Rickard, who wrote editorials about many of the ISP industry's major players.

Boardwatch spawned an ISP industry tradeshow, ISPcon, and published a yearly Directory of Internet Service Providers.

In 1998, Rickard sold a majority interest in Boardwatch and its related products to an East Coast multimedia company, which was then acquired by Penton Media in 1999 and moved to another ventures, notably EVTV, an online/video magazine of electric car conversions.

The magazine's March–April 2000 issue included a state-by-state CLEC listing similar to the ISP directory Boardwatch published.