I keep in touch with a number of my TER comrades via email. We've managed to cultivate a pretty decent 'review' network. As we used to here. Not as elaborate as these, but great info on local or touring providers. And from pretty trusted sources, it's a terrific way to avoid wasting your money.  Until TER gets back online in the US, I suggest everyone who can start one, if they've been around enough to make PM pals, and keep it going. It's a great tool, especially when agencies add new girls regularly -- with not a clue other than nice pics, it's a pig in a poke.

Most of us have been doing it for years. Now it's more valuable than ever.

I'm actually looking at losing my home now and the roof from my kids heads.  It's absolutely terrible. This was my last hope.

Jade it's when a guy asks about a girl and someone who has seen responds to.let him know.
 If she is good.. bad... whatever.
 It's an email between two guys

through TER's PM system, plain email, or texts.

As used here, backchannel means: a secondary or covert route for the passage of information.
"the agency offered a reliable backchannel to Washington".
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Right now, the main channel is the regular, open Board Discussions. Certain info can't be posted to the public, open boards. For us on TER, backchannel is primarily PM. Off of TER, you might still have emails from your friends and regulars. We no longer have the main, open channels to reach out to everyone (ads). Discreet contact via a backchannel (private email, text or VM to those who know you) is a possibility.

The ladies do this as well. It helps when we all behave like we are on the same team. Because we are.

...I've seen an increase in the use of back channel communications with my p4p brethren and sistren (is that a word? ) the last few weeks. With the demise of almost every other review board and TER in much reduced circumstances, emails, texts and PMs are the only way we have to get any current intel on providers who may or may not be a good fit.

But since my VIP ran out, and there's no way to renew....backchanneling is closed to me now. I ventured out for a lackluster appointment this evening....
Not liking this new reality!

Sistren is absolutely a word. 😂 hey I’m in Phoenix too! Just sayin...

Is ccbill not accepting payment from your credit, debit, or prepaid card?  I've seen posts alluding to your situation, but they weren't as clear as we all need this to be.  All of us here in the USA are watching our VIP time dwindle, and some of us want to plan ahead in order to ride out this storm.  Thanks in advance for your input.

My VIP was based on reviews. But I'm pretty sure they stated when they closed off U.S. IP's, that they wouldn't take any US renewals. I could be mistaken, but pointless anyway, just to have the pm system back.

I was under the impression they wouldn't take renewals or new memberships from U.S. residents at this time. I could be mistaken though...
Either way, I don't see a point in paying for a membership that would only serve to give me PM access again. Yes ... some ladies have moved their locations so their reviews are visible again, but that isn't widespread enough to make reviews helpful again....right now.
The law isn't going away, so if they are unable to find a way around it to put the site back to its full integrity, it's not a valuable resource any longer. For a client....there was no resource more dependable than TER. I had a small circle of back channel fellows on here, but wasn't at it long enough to build a large network. And some members here are just icy towards newer members, and won't give the time of day towards newer members unless it's to be critical.  
An awful lot of " too cool for school" floating around here.

I renewed my VIP with a gift card yesterday and there was no problem and my VIP was back in less than two minutes.

Nice to know....I guess I was mistaken. My apologies if I misled anyone.

I have a back channel subscription service going.. pm for the website to sign up. it lists the top girls who are visiting each city every month. It's a monthly newsletter that goes to your email.

it was a polite euphemism for anal sex.  I learn something new everyday from you  

Back channel same as back door or Greek, awesome joke, thanks