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From: peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Newsfeeds Across LATAs
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Date: 11 Mar 91 01:35:50 GMT
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mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us (Nick Sayer) writes:

> I've done some simple math. It takes about three hours a day
> (pessimistically) to get a newsfeed. With Reach Out America, or such,
> that's $600/mo. I could probably get on the Internet for $300/mo.

If you have a PSInet POP in your local calling area, you can get in
for $250 per month plus local phone charges (presumably minimal).
Otherwise, Internet access is quite a bit more expensive.

Of course if you have a PSInet POP, you can get a news feed for $75
per month the same way.

You could also use armpit protocol (write news onto a tape and
hand-carry it). That also avoids problems from full news partitions!


peter@taronga.uucp.ferranti.com)