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From: cnh5730@calvin.tamu.edu (Chuck Herrick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: UUCP access
Keywords: UUCP, e-mail, news
Message-ID: <10069@helios.TAMU.EDU>
Date: 14 Nov 90 17:14:58 GMT
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In article <5823@lanl.gov) jpm@lanl.gov (James P Mcgee) writes:
)In August, Portal Communications Company announced several products that allow
)UNIX users low-cost access to the UUCP Network.
)Prices for the Basic Connection are $34.95 per month plus $1.95 per hour of
)connect time.  With a feed of standard newsgroups and an average flow of mail,
)the cost per month for the service will typically range from $100 to $200

low-cost? They're kidding, right?