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From: peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: the recent rmgroups have started me thinking ...
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Date: Sun, 3-Nov-85 03:40:03 EST
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> > What makes you think the backbone sites will be told what they should
> > pay for?  For one, they are free not to carry the groups they don't want
> > to, tough luck on the rest of the net.
> 
>   Isn't this, in practice, just about equivalent to the "backbone cabal"
> running things, which has been objected to so strongly? I don't like that
> idea either, even if I *am* on a backbone site. I'd much rather see us

...add some more non-backbone cross-links. That way non-backbone groups can
stay alive, albeit with more delays. The net really needs more connectivity,
anyway.
-- 
Name: Peter da Silva
Graphic: `-_-'
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