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From: ajs@hpfcla.UUCP (ajs)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: satellite netnews costs
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Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 13:33:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 10 13:33:00 1984
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Nf-From: hpfcla!ajs    Dec 18 10:33:00 1984

> Who are the real customers for satellite news?  How many commercial news
> sites will even be able to get a cable TV hookup, or justify it to
> management?  (Let them buy earth stations?  Ha.)

Here at HP in Fort Collins, we already have several satellite dishes, we
could probably justify to management a decoder box and/or a cable tap
(simply on the basis of saving phone bills), and some of us are watching
with interest.  Lauren, thanks for taking the trouble to make this
happen; please keep us (the Net) informed of developments.

Alan Silverstein, Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division, Colorado
{ihnp4 | hplabs}!hpfcla!ajs, 303-226-3800 x3053, N 40 31'31" W 105 00'43"

(In this case it's important that I point out, this is just my own
opinion, and doesn't in any way reflect official policy.)