Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!tinman.cis.ohio-state.edu!bob From: bob@tinman.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Franchise Opportunity Message-ID: Date: 14 Aug 89 18:23:05 GMT References: <434@tp2.Waterloo.NCR.COM> <1989Aug9.140945.5371@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <937@utoday.UUCP> <339@m2xenix.UUCP> <943@utoday.UUCP> <3992@looking.on.ca> <44233@bbn.COM> Reply-To: Bob Sutterfield Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Computer & Information Science Lines: 9 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.