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From: DOUG@ysub.ysu.edu (Doug Sewell)
Newsgroups: comp.society.development
Subject: Re: Low-cost Usenet (Re: usenet in Nepal)
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Date: 5 Jun 91 20:56:24 GMT
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In article <78978@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, elkordy@acsu.buffalo.edu (Mohamed
Elkordy) says:
>
>   Sorry, but I think I do not understand what is going on !
> Is this "Waffle" a hardware or just software, and if it is only software
> you will definitly need modem ? and if u use modem what is the telephone
> number that you are going to dial from Nipal (or in my case, Egypt). It
> is not an 800 #, is it?
>

Waffle is a software-only program.  Yes, you need a modem, that's how
you connect to another site by UUCP.

I can't answer where you would hook your site to - in Egypt, there may
be a university that has usenet access.  In Nepal, it was suggested that
since the internal phone connections are good, you would need an infor-
mation/connection vendor - perhaps the phone company, or a UUNET-like
organization.  They would have to decide on billing arrangements.

Doug
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