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From: bob@tinman.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Franchise Opportunity
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Date: 14 Aug 89 18:23:05 GMT
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In-reply-to: denbeste@bbn.com's message of 14 Aug 89 13:47:51 GMT

In article <44233@bbn.COM> denbeste@bbn.com (Steven Den Beste) writes:
   If DARPA pulls the plug on letting USENET pass through the ARPANet,
   you're going to be surprised by how much slower USENET works.

I suspect that wouldn't have much effect.  On the other hand, if NSF
were to announce a non-news policy on networks it funds, I'd expect a
much more drastic fallout.  But NSF is resisting making such moves,
considering (as do each of the system administrators on the Usenet)
the benefits to outweigh the costs.  This is A Good Thing all around.