Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: 2 questions and 2 answers about satellite netnews Message-ID: <4838@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Dec-84 18:10:25 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.4838 Posted: Fri Dec 28 18:10:25 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Dec-84 18:10:25 EST References: <472@vortex.UUCP>, <6665@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 15 > Or are we assuming that, once the stargate satellite distribution > is in place, the only netnews that will get national distribution will > be that approved of and passed by the screeners? Anything could get > local distribution, but no backbone or major site would promulgate > anything not satellite-distributed? (This may be a good thing, so I'm > not flaming about it -- I'm just trying to understand the concepts.) This situation is coming whether we like it or not. The current phone bills are already reaching the point where they are very difficult to justify on a long-term basis. And they are still rising. The collapse of the nationwide news-by-phone network is coming. Our only hope is to get something like Stargate going before the axe falls. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry