Xref: utzoo news.admin:12565 news.misc:6201 comp.mail.uucp:6013 Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!cs.uoregon.edu!ns.uoregon.edu!milton!sumax!halcyon!ralphs From: halcyon!ralphs@seattleu.edu (Ralph Sims) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.misc,comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: New rules for UUPSI Message-ID: Date: 7 Mar 91 04:55:19 GMT References: <1991Mar06.232416.769@jpradley.jpr.com> Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service Lines: 35 jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley) writes: They seem to be defining "another organization" to be any other machine which hass uucp connections to mine, thereby immediately making the domain which the registered for me be a single site. [and I stick my neck out and spouteth...] This would be profit-protecting and control of a market (perhaps limited, but it does protect their investments, etc.). On the other hand, I would imagine PSI's cost for a newsfeed is minimal (if not free). They have no additional costs incurred by having sites provide downstream feeds, but may have additional costs in providing the pipeline back UP the pike for Usenet and mail articles, although again, this is probably minimal. Who ARE PSI's newsfeeds? Since they are on the Internet, there is minimal storage needed, as articles go out via SMTP and NNTP. So what might this mean? They could probably broaden their userbase for very little impact on their investment if they allowed for an unrestricted flow of traffic in and out of ALL downstream sites. I kind of think they've cut themselves out of a sizeable portion of the market. Also, XYZ Corp. is going to be a little upset when articles from their 'cross-country susidiaries don't get to where they are addressed. Not their intent? Then their 'contract' needs to be modified. Remember, they are in the business for the money, and their userbase indicates a LOT of big-money businesses and institutions are using their services. -- halcyon!ralphs@seattleu.edu The 23:00 News and Mail Service - +1 206 292 9048 - Seattle, WA USA +++ A Waffle Iron +++