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From: rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
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Subject: Re: An apology, and a question (about uucp in Germany)
Message-ID: <783@pcrat.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jun 89 13:38:27 GMT
References: <786@redsox.bsw.com> <1631@krondor.UUCP>
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In article <1631@krondor.UUCP> mike@krondor.UUCP (Mike Hoffmann) writes:

|*Noone* can tell me it costs that much. Even if not all poll unido
|directly. A cost-distribution system would make it almost free for
|everyone. unido claims that they have administrational problems
|to do so, and I'm almost inclined to believe them, as german
|bureaucracy in the educational area is unbelievable.

Sounds to me like Rick Adams of UUNET should be getting his passport
in order.  Seems like there is an opportunity to create a UUNET
like facility(s) in Europe and sell Usenet at cost.  Plus, the
true costs of trans-atlantic mail could be allocated to the sending
system, instead of just dumping all the cost of mail sent or
received on our European friends.
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