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From: tim@ccice5.UUCP (Timothy G. Becker)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: Saving the net
Message-ID: <953@ccice5.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-Nov-85 17:20:07 EST
Article-I.D.: ccice5.953
Posted: Mon Nov 18 17:20:07 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 20-Nov-85 21:07:11 EST
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Reply-To: tim@ccice5.UUCP (Timothy G. Becker)
Organization: CCI Central Engineering, Rochester, NY
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In article <686@lasspvax.UUCP> somner@lasspvax.UUCP (David Somner) writes:
 What I believe we should really consider is this:  Are the
 people out there who are calling themselves "backbone sites" really backbone
 sites?  The definition of a backbone site is a site which carries ALL the news
 groups.  If a backbone site does not want to carry certain groups any more,
 there shouldn't all of a sudden be talk of removing a news group.  Instead,
 there should be talk of removing a "backbone" site.  A site like that, to me,
 is a "funnybone site".

Somebody's got to pay to send all this "news" around.  If you want to remove
backbone sites, are you volunteering to take their place?  I just read an
article from a system administrator at Tek who says their phone bills are
around the $6000/month figure.
 
 Final note:  Look to history regarding censorship!  Look at South
 Africa and the USSR!  Now look at what people are attempting to do on
 the nets with changing net.*.* groups to mod.* groups!  They are all
 the same, and in the end results in one thing:  either submission by
 the masses to the few whom many disagree with, or a literal
 bloodbath....  Pick your poison....  How you choose will determine the
 fate of all future policys regarding the net.  Be brave...  speak your
 opinions, which may differ from mine, but be warned:  I believe my own
 opinions, and some other people may too, and those other people may
 not be as nice as I am........

You're rather dramatic, but if you are really serious put your money
where your mouth is -- Become a backbone site and feed all the sites
that now get fed from backbone's that are complaining about news
volume.

Tim Becker.
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