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From: jsq@ut-sally.UUCP (John Quarterman)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: satellite netnews support
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Date: Sat, 15-Dec-84 13:59:11 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 15 13:59:11 1984
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> Lauren, I wish you well, but I doubt that many people
> will pay the $500.

There are many areas which are otherwise far away from most of USENET,
so that long-distance telephone bills are high:  a full feed for the
current bulk of USENET can cost thousands of dollars a year.
A one-time fee of $500 for equipment plus a (one would hope) nominal
cable charge should be quite attractive in such circumstances.

Even where telephone bills are not so high, is $500 really outrageous
for a direct feed from a backbone site?
-- 

John Quarterman, CS Dept., University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712 USA
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