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From: jack@swlabs.UUCP (Jack Bonn)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,news.sysadmin,news.misc
Subject: Re: Is a NEED for more COMMERCIAL usenet feed providers?
Message-ID: <1509@swlabs.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jul 88 01:44:09 GMT
References: <991@gethen.UUCP> <1466@swlabs.UUCP> <990117@ttardis.UUCP>
Reply-To: jack@swlabs.UUCP (Jack Bonn)
Organization: Software Labs, Ltd. Easton, CT USA
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In article <990117@ttardis.UUCP> rlw@ttardis (Ron Wilson) writes:
>Isaac Rabinovitch does have a good point about Telenet's concern for
>not using PC-Pursuit for "commercial" puposes.
>
>What others of you seem to miss is that due to the high volume and "universial"
>distribution of netnews traffic, Telenet may very well consider that to be
>"commercial."

As one of the "others" who are missing the point (some point or another) 
could you please quote where Telenet forbids "commercial" use of PC Pursuit?
I have read my PC Pursuit Terms and Conditions time and time again and I
don't even see the word commercial in the text.  Is there a later version?
Mine is dated 9/86.

Let me point out that by moving potentially commercial data like Usenet 
news it could not be construed that you "(E) you have resold or attempted 
to resell or further distribute PC Pursuit access services".  If PC Pursuit 
was selling news feeds then this wording would indeed be a stopper, sort of
like the problem with redistributing what is received from Compu$erve.  But
they don't and its not.

>E-mail traffic, on the other hand is very low volume (relatively) on a
>"site to site" basis (not to mention the more personal "flavour"); therefore,
>I suspect that Telenet would have few if any objections to that use.

I distinctly remember an early PC Pursuit description that indicated that
the service was for personal and small business use.  Definitely indicates
that commercial use was ok.  (Anyway, what is so sinister about commerce?)

I will close by saying that I get my uunet feed via PC Pursuit.  But the
lines into DC (especially at 2400) have been rather busy lately.  So 
please, disregard what I've said and don't chance calling uunet via PC 
Pursuit.  It will leave the lines open for ME.  :-)
-- 
Jack Bonn, <> Software Labs, Ltd, Box 451, Easton CT  06612
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