Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site psivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: Let's talk about phone bills Message-ID: <827@psivax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 10:27:21 EST Article-I.D.: psivax.827 Posted: Fri Nov 1 10:27:21 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 05:41:12 EST References: <779@adobe.UUCP> Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA Lines: 26 In article <779@adobe.UUCP> greid@adobe.UUCP (Glenn Reid) writes: > >Question: What gains can be made in terms of more carefully chosen >news connections? Can they be maintained separately from regular >uucp/mail connections? (I doubt it). Maybe I don't have the big >picture (I *know* I don't have the big picture) but maybe some gains >can be made in other ways than nuking newsgroups so that the wants >of the many are not serviced at the expense of the few. > >Comments? > This sounds like a good idea to me! Does anyone have any idea how to go about implementing it? Perhaps if news admins of sites *recieving* thier news from distant sites could look for closer sites to use as news feeds and arrange to switch to the local site it would help. Especially if the remote site were a backbone site. Maybe backbone sites that are feeding more than on remote site in a given geographical area could mail them a suggestion to arrange local cross-feeding. Maybe more backbone sites with carefully chosen connections would alleviate the problem. -- Sarima (Stanley Friesen) UUCP: {ttidca|ihnp4|sdcrdcf|quad1|nrcvax|bellcore|logico}!psivax!friesen ARPA: ttidca!psivax!friesen@rand-unix.arpa