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From: barto@alvin.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.stargate
Subject: Re: response to questions about Stargate Experimental Subscriptions
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Date: Fri, 27-Feb-87 14:58:13 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 27 14:58:13 1987
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I have read all of the postings to this group.  I now have 2 problems
both related to money:
	1) Domains in Usenet
	2) Cost of stargate and the hookup to local cable T.V.
    
    While not directly related to stargate, I have problems with the
    cost of registering a domain.  At 10000 sites in my 'paths' file if
    only 10% register for a domain, that works out to $150,000/yr.  How
    many people are working fulltime on this?  I find it hard to
    justify to my management the cost of $150/yr for the ability to
    have a nice domain.  Even $50/yr to register as a subdomain to
    someone else is hard to explain, when management looks on this
    as a 'free perk'.

    The cost of stargate has not been mentioned in any of the articles
    I have read (I may have missed 1 or 2, my feed has only recently
    become reliable...).  If what Mark H. says is true, and I MUST have
    stargate to get all of the news, and that:

	We realize that some sites will be unable for technical
	reasons to tie-in directly with the WTBS-based system.
	We are working on plans to allow those sites to receive
	materials from other sites that do subscribe directly to
	Stargate, with a fee schedule adjusted to take this
	situation into account.
    
    This implies that I must now pay for stargate distribution of news
    which was once a 'free local phone call'.  If I don't want what
    comes over stargate, fine, I don't get it.  BUT: What If I want
    what is being broadcast on stargate (comp.sources/mod.sources) and
    my company is unwilling to pay for it?  Is that then so much tough
    luck on my part?

    I know I am jumping the gun on this.  Stargate is still in the
    startup phase.  However I would like to see some of these questions
    answered before I 'am forced' to drop off of Usenet because I can
    not afford the costs of Stargate.
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