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From: brad@looking.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Governing bodies
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Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 10:09:14 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  8 10:09:14 1987
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Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Waterloo, Ontario
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I think you miss the point.  Usenet started as, and to the best of my knowledge
still is, and underground network.

At least the last time anybody investigated it, many of the long distance links
were hidden in large company phone bills, hidden from management.  Most
sites said that if you presented management with a way to get usenet for half
price, the result would be "you mean we're paying $x for that crap now???"

Perhaps this has changed.  Perhaps such sites are now in a minority.  UUNET
and Stargate will tell.  Until such underground sites are gone, central
organization is impossible.
-- 
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473