From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!woods
Newsgroups: net.news
Title: Re: USENET Inc - what do YOU think
Article-I.D.: hao.397
Posted: Tue Jan 11 17:52:40 1983
Received: Thu Jan 13 04:25:36 1983
References: cbosgd.2952

 I don't know what the final solution is, but I do know this: Requiring
membership fees of all sites (above and beyond phone bills, of course) will
eliminate virtually all non-commercial sites (like us!) from the net. I can't
see management of, say, a scientific research organization OKing funds for
such a thing, in this day of budget stringency. But what about phone bills?
Often these are hidden or not a problem due to FTS or WATS lines, whereas
a membership fee is an up-front, "real" cost. This should be borne in mind
before membership fees are implemented.

                        GREG
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