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From: allbery@ncoast.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,news.misc
Subject: Re: Where did "alt." come from
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Date: Sun, 9-Aug-87 14:24:28 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug  9 14:24:28 1987
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As quoted from <1207@aramis.rutgers.edu> by lear@aramis.rutgers.edu (eliot lear):
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| Well, Tom, you have been in the dark.  I am under the impression that
| most of the backbone carries the alt group.  Rutgers does, ucb does,
| MIT does, parts (if not all) of ATT.  I don't know about UUNET.  Anyone
| for a Micky Mouse roll call? ;-)
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Yes, UUNET carries the alt subnet.  So does ncoast.  And hoptoad is the hub.
I understand that 20% of the net now carries the alt subnet.
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