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From: tuba@ur-tut.UUCP (Jon Krueger)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.rumor,net.news.group
Subject: Re: The elimination of certain non-technical newsgroups by so called "powers-that-be"
Message-ID: <328@ur-tut.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-May-86 13:44:33 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 12 13:44:33 1986
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In article <575@bu-cs.UUCP> bzs@bu-cs.UUCP (Barry Shein) writes:
> . . . are the 2400 (and 4800, 9600) baud modems that now work
>on asynch/voice lines really that hard to use effectively?
>What's the problem? 
One problem, at 9600 baud, single character interrupts start eating your
vax.  At even higher rates, other i/o architectures begin to eat host
resources.  Another problem, disk storage and i/o bandwidth aren't free
either.

>If it's initial costs maybe we could pass the hat around the net.
What do you think this is, token ring :-) :-)

Just kidding, I agree with you, only more so.  To those who want to save
their favorite newsgroup, I say: if it's worth posting to and reading from,
it's worth paying for.  I'm sure any backbone site will take your cash,
check, or credit card.  If you don't know how much to send, just ask the
backbone site administrator what your postings are costing him.  If you want
to lower your bills by buying him a better modem, I'm sure he'll cut a P.O.
for your signature.

And if you don't want to pay, please don't complain about how the backbone
sites manage net traffic.  If you're not willing to pay the real costs of
your traffic, clearly it isn't worth it to you; why should it be to anyone
else?  Flames to me personally: SEND MAIL DON'T POST.


-- Jon Krueger
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