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From: pcf@galadriel.bt.co.uk (Pete French)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: ukc breaking its own rules?
Message-ID: <537@galadriel.bt.co.uk>
Date: 11 Dec 89 11:01:15 GMT
References: <257A85B0.6E59@telly.on.ca>
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From article <257A85B0.6E59@telly.on.ca>, by evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch):
> Fine. But how does this jive with a letter I received recently? The
> letter was addressed to:

> Evan Leibovitch
> System Telly

> The ONLY place I am identified this way is in the UUCP maps!

It was probably an old map - I got one of these as well and I havent been
in the map entries for quite some time (I was listed as contact person for
uk.co.bt.kyns last summer). Try asking uknet@ukc.ac.uk.

> While I am not bothered by the mailing itself, I hope this points out
> the hypocricy of Kent's practice of segregating commercial sites (*.co.uk)
> from academic ones (*.ac.uk). Further, I am told by more than one source
> that it costs far less for an academic site to access Usenet in the UK
> than a commercial one.

And doesnt the US segregate as well ???? or are the .edu and .com domains
something other than direct equivalents of .ac and .co as I had always
assumed. (there seem to be far too many domains floating around).

-Pete.

-- 
       -Pete French.               | "The rhythm's gone,
  British Telecom Research Labs.   |  The radio's dead.
 Martlesham Heath, East Anglia.    |  And the damage done,
All my own thoughts (of course)    |  Inside my head."