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From: root@infoac.rmi.de (Operator)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: EUnet, unido and USENET
Keywords: unido, costs, contracts
Message-ID: <514@infoac.rmi.de>
Date: 11 Aug 89 13:19:39 GMT
References: <588@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk> <882@corpane.UUCP> <8594@attctc.DALLAS.TX.US> <1018@isaak.UUCP> <5263@ficc.uu.net>
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peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:

>Perhaps encouraging a few commercial sites would help...

Yes, you are right. I had a conversation with an employee
of a company having leased lined to the US with spare 
capacity every night. The argument, why they don't do it is:
The quality of the line/line operator(s) is bad. The line
goes down every 2nd day or weekend. If the newsfeed is down
it will directly influence the companies reputation instead
of mcvax/unido's. Sic!

Rupert

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