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From: ask@cbrma.UUCP (A.S.Kamlet)
Newsgroups: net.mail,net.news.config,net.news.newsite,net.net-people
Subject: Re: Looking for Chicago Usenet Access
Message-ID: <5082@cbrma.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 9-Sep-86 20:33:06 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  9 20:33:06 1986
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In article <964@hou2g.UUCP> scott@hou2g.UUCP (Ma-Ma-Ma-Max Ma-Ma-Max Headroom) writes:
>Hi.  I'm not sure if all these groups are appropriate for this,
>so if you want to flame, go right ahead.  Nonsense I'll ignore,
>though constructive criticism will be duly considered.
>
>My brother is looking for a public access machine in the Chicago
>area which will enable him to connect to the uucp network for 
>E-mail (at least) and netnews (preferrably).  He has tried chinet,
>but the administrator there has said that his link with ihnp4 is
>"tenuous" at best; he is only allowing access to usenet (and apparantly
>by extension, E-mail) to people he knows, even though my bro has said
>he will gladly pay the "subscriber" fee.
:
:
Is that right?  Does chinet charge a subscription fee to let people
join the net?  And is ihnp4 its link?   I sort of got the idea that
this was a non-commercial net.
-- 
Art Kamlet   AT&T Bell Laboratories  Columbus  {cbosgd | ihnp4}!cbrma!ask