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From: sl@van-bc.UUCP
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: A Canadian Unix Network?
Message-ID: <1115@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Aug-87 03:38:05 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  7 03:38:05 1987
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Reply-To: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne)
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In article <859@looking.UUCP> brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) writes:
>In article <1987Aug4.235121.22896@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> usrgroup@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Peter Renzland) writes:
>>
>>In order to make uunet work in the Canadian environment the same  late
>>night  discounts  would  have to be made available from either Telecom
>>Canada, Telenet, or CNCP telecommunications.  In order to achieve  this

Don't forget Tymnet!

>>an  intervention to the CRTC would need to be made, if the carriers do

I don't see what the CRTC has to say about Telenet or Tymnet (BTW does
Telenet even operate in Canada?).

>of their own free will.  You must present it properly, though.  Prepare an
>estimate of the data traffic (it will be large) and go to the offices
>of these places requesting a bid (not a quote) for high-volumne late
>night traffic (news) in combination with lower volume daytime traffic
>(mail).

That's what I would like to do with Tymnet. 

Anyone who is interested in accessing UUNET at lower prices than the 
current $9US/hr should either send me email or contact MacDonald Douglas
(Tymnet) directly at:

		David Kingsland		416-229-4449

After a month of discussion of this topic I can only assume that I'm about
the only person interested in doing this :-(

Mr. Kingsland is quite interested in getting our business, but right now he
has no idea of the amount of potential traffic. UUNET has been using 400
hours per month of potential traffic from Canada. Is this correct? Is it
high, low, what?

Lets get going and have cheap rates implemented for the fall.

-- 
{ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision,uunet}!van-bc!Stuart.Lynne Vancouver,BC,604-937-7532