Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!microsoft!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!floyd!whuxlb!pyuxll!eisx!npoiv!npois!hogpc!houxm!mhuxa!mhuxi!mhuxt!eagle!alice!alb From: alb@alice.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: The poster should pay for news Message-ID: <2063@alice.UUCP> Date: Sun, 24-Jul-83 11:17:05 EDT Article-I.D.: alice.2063 Posted: Sun Jul 24 11:17:05 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 26-Jul-83 10:31:06 EDT References: <5574@watmath.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 9 One sure effect would be that people would shut up. That's for sure! That's exactly what would happen: EVERYONE would shut up and the net would die. How many people do you actually think can pay for the uucp bill, cpu charges, and disk space for even one article for EVERY site on the net (and do it on a regular basis?)? It's obvious that the present scheme is not entirely fair, but a scheme in which the posters pays all the costs is not practical.