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From: Derek.Oldfather@tdkt.kksys.MN.ORG (Derek Oldfather)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: USR Sysop Deal Change
Message-ID: <677540777.0@tdkt.kksys.MN>
Date: 21 Jun 91 16:21:17 GMT
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 ML> What gets me is why they don't automatically validate you from a
 ML> FidoNet nodelist?  I mean, if I am Fido, don't you think that I'm not
 ML> one of these fly-by-night "take advantage of USR's Sysop Deal"
 ML> operations?  I would think not.  Digicom's sysop team automatically
 ML> validates you from the nodelist and ships the same day. (I'm on week 6
 ML> with no modem..)

     Why should they trust the Fidonet Nodelist?  I have seen systems in it that
don't last more than a couple of weeks.  Plus being in the nodelist doesn't mean
that a system has been up for six months.


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