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Subject: Re: internet
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Date: 20 Oct 90 18:47:08 GMT
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In article <5164@crash.cts.com>, mlyons@pro-truckstop.cts.com (Handles, SysOp) writes...
> I thought the internet was free.
  And you though the interstate highway system is free too?  Internet is paid
for entirely by member connection charges, most of which are covered by federal
grants.  Don't get me wrong, I think that universal internet access is a nice
thing to have.  It is as useful the telephone net in many ways, and for me
more useful than the interstate highway system. But as with everything else, it
ain't free.

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