Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!jsq From: jsq@ut-sally.UUCP (John Quarterman) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: satellite netnews support Message-ID: <491@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Sat, 15-Dec-84 13:59:11 EST Article-I.D.: ut-sally.491 Posted: Sat Dec 15 13:59:11 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 17-Dec-84 03:43:45 EST References: <466@vortex.UUCP> <1871@sun.uucp> <1295@eosp1.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 15 > 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 jsq@ut-sally.ARPA, jsq@ut-sally.UUCP, {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!jsq