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From: pim@ctisbv.UUCP (Pim Zandbergen)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: FEED FOR GERMANY
Message-ID: <767@ctisbv.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jun 89 17:13:39 GMT
References: <786@redsox.bsw.com> <114@utower.UUCP> <3631@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Reply-To: pim@ctisbv.UUCP (Pim Zandbergen)
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In article <3631@ddsw1.MCS.COM> karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) writes:
>This sounds like something we can help with :-)
>Get ten or so systems together, and have one of them poll us.  We'll feed
>'ya over there in Germany if you can call here.  We have a Telebit, and the
>spare capacity.  And we're reliable as a news source.

I guess that in this case there is another monopolistic organisation
that will prevent this.  The German Bundespost does not allow Germans
to use their own modems.  You can only rent their 1200 baud modems;
connecting a Telebit to a German phone line ist verboten!

Correct me if I am wrong.
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