Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!usc!orion.cf.uci.edu!uci-ics!zardoz!tgate!ka3ovk!ki4pv!cdin-1!icdi10!fr From: fr@icdi10.UUCP (Fred Rump from home) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: An apology, and a question (about uucp in Germany) Message-ID: <263@icdi10.UUCP> Date: 22 Jun 89 03:00:51 GMT References: <786@redsox.bsw.com> Reply-To: fr@icdi10.UUCP (Fred Rump from home) Organization: From Home but normally @ Compudata Inc. Phila PA Lines: 34 Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Keywords: ----- News saved at 22 Jun 89 02:59:22 GMT In article <786@redsox.bsw.com> campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) writes: >> I'm a student too and I have around $200 costs per month to join UseNet as >> an UNOFFICIAL host not know by unido. >> For every KB mail I received it's charged for $0.70. > Larry, you have to understand that the German Postal Service has a monopoly on the telephone system too. They charge ridiculous rates and even monitor lines to see if anyone is using unlicensed modems on the phone. Also unido controls things tightly to feed anyone over there at a profit. This is America. We finally allowed competition into our phone system or we might have the same situation. Monopolies tend to charge whatever they need to keep their unions happy and not working to hard. And if the monopoly is owned by the state and it's workers are the most powerful voting block around (they are the biggest employer in Europe), things can and do get pretty bad. I have a friend with a Telebit who is trying to set up a direct call to me to receive a few groups and then pass them around. But woe be to him if he's found out. Yep, be glad you live here. fred -- This is my house. My castle will get started right after I finish with news. 26 Warren St. uucp: ...{bpa dsinc uunet}!cdin-1!icdi10!fr Beverly, NJ 08010 domain: fred@cdin-1.uu.net or icdi10!fr@icdi10.uu.net 609-386-6846 "Freude... Alle Menschen werden Brueder..." - Schiller -- This is my house. My castle will get started right after I finish with news. 26 Warren St. uucp: ...{bpa dsinc uunet}!cdin-1!icdi10!fr Beverly, NJ 08010 domain: fred@cdin-1.uu.net or icdi10!fr@icdi10.uu.net 609-386-6846 "Freude... Alle Menschen werden Brueder..." - Schiller