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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news.stargate
Subject: Re: Stargate Questions
Message-ID: <944@vortex.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 11-Jul-86 15:52:48 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 11 15:52:48 1986
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Very briefly...

As far as I can see, there would be no requirement that an organization
be a "regular" member of Usenix to partake of Stargate services.
There will be no requirement, for example, that all Stargate subscribers 
be Unix users.

It is likely that a separate entity will be established to operate the
service, though this entity may be closely allied with and/or supported
by Usenix in various ways.  This entity will have its own membership/
subscription criteria for its own services.

This isn't in concrete of course--just an expression of my personal 
thinking on the matter.

As for cable companies, etc... In the vast majority of cases, there will
be no need for subscribers to get "special" cooperation from local
cable companies to receive Stargate services.  If the cable already carries
satellite-received WTBS, the probability is very high that the data will
be available and usable as is.  Any special considerations that might
be required regarding particular cable companies would be handled by the 
Stargate organization dealing directly with those companies, not by
subscribers themselves.

--Lauren--