Newsgroups: news.software.b
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: RN bothering users about groups "not in .newsrc"
Message-ID: <1990Nov15.043930.17765@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <506@tygra.ddmi.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 90 04:39:30 GMT

In article <506@tygra.ddmi.com> jpp@tygra.ddmi.com (John Palmer) writes:
>Oh - by the way - forget getting news patches from UUNET. They've cut
>off their 800 number. The only way to access their system via anonymous
>uucp is to dial a 900 number. I didn't think they'd stoop so low...

Uh, what do you mean by "stoop so low"?  UUNET is a business, not a
charity.  If it cost them nothing, they might well continue -- as they
are continuing to provide no-charge FTP -- but 800 numbers cost plenty.
I don't think it's unreasonable for them to restrict free calling by
non-paying customers.
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