Initially distributed in Northern California, the magazine established a franchise in Atlanta in 1987, Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston in 1988, and Chicago in 1993.

[13] As of 1988, it was published biweekly in the San Francisco Bay Area, and monthly in Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Texas (Houston, Dallas, Austin), and Atlanta.

The magazine's media kit described an audited monthly circulation of approximately 612,000 readers.

Computer Currents doesn't torture-test 200 modems or devote space to industry chitchat.

Computer Currents is fundamentally pro-consumerist, and we'll go undercover to ferret out sloppy service and scams.