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From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
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Subject: Re: A proposal to distribute costs
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Date: Tue, 26-Aug-86 11:05:59 EDT
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[ There was a description of partioning the USENET by zip codes to
  decrease phone charges]

That simplistic partitioning still won't work.  I don't think it would
be easier to come up with some simplistic domaining that is going to
minimize phone costs.  Even leaving out the fact that certain people
have access to lower rate long distance trunks, foreign exchange lines,
etc...your scenario is not going to even work just given a regularly
normal phone system.  Zip code numbers only follow vague geographic
plans in their allocation (the leading three digits only really apply
to major cities).  Phone tolls get wierd at state and LATA boundries.

I'm not saying that reorginization won't reduce charges, but its going
to involve negotiation between the sites as to what the charges are
rather than the simplistic solutions proposed.

-Ron