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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: 2 questions and 2 answers about satellite netnews
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Date: Fri, 28-Dec-84 18:10:25 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 28 18:10:25 1984
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> 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
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