Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!smsc.sony.com!dce
From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: internet
Message-ID: <1990Oct21.205901.11162@smsc.sony.com>
Date: 21 Oct 90 20:59:01 GMT
References: <5164@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp, San Jose, CA
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In article <5164@crash.cts.com> mlyons@pro-truckstop.cts.com (Handles, SysOp) writes:
>I was told that other systems get the feeds because they donate moneys
>and equipment to this university, so we give them access to the feeds. I 
>was told there so called super computer can't be bothered with feeds to 
>a small system for free. I thought the internet was free.

The internet isn't free (we paid something like $50K for our first
year of service, including all equipment).

It sounds to me, though, that you asked for a pretty standard UUCP
feed from a local site (the fact that they are on the internet isn't
really that relevant) and their policy changes caused them to back
out.  That's thier right.

On the other hand, it sounds to me like just unfriendly treatment.
When someone asks us for a UUCP feed, we don't ask for anything except
that the person not abuse the feed (our UUCP machine is a 68020 that is
also used as a news and /usr/local server), and we request that the
connection be made via Telebit modem.  Otherwise, it's all free and
subject to the availability of my time (for now -- please don't
everyone in this area code ask for a feed).  I found this to be true
in general (at least in the Bay Area).