Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!pyramid!comdesign!pst
From: pst@comdesign.uucp (Paul Traina)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: "cup.portal.com" removal (was: The phone number for Portal)
Summary: You forgot to mention the phone number of their news-feed
	 (atari) and their uucp partners (sun & hoptoad).
Message-ID: <317@comdesign.UUCP>
Date: 26 May 88 03:43:33 GMT
References: <776@fig.bbn.com>
Organization: Network Equipment Technologies, Santa Barbara
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In article <776@fig.bbn.com>, rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes:
] If you are as annoyed as by these "HELP ME" messages being
] spewed all over the net as I am, you might appreciate the
] #T line shown below...
] 	#C	John Little
] 	#T	+1 408 973 9111

It seems that "CUP.PORTAL.COM" seems to generate more than its fair
share of net.lossage (watch me duck quickly now (grin)).

I'm quite fond of the idea of public access UNIX systems, but perhaps
Portal's management needs to take some responsibility here.  Freedom
of Speech is a great principle, but if it is constantly abused, it 
becomes quite annoying.

Perhaps the neighbors of portal -- sun, hoptoad, and atari -- will consider
cutting service temporarily.  The owners of Portal make a profit from users
who dial into their computer.  They seem to enjoy the fireworks that emit
from their machine -- their users call in more and more to respond to
the flames that emit from the net.  If Portal lost net access for a while,
some of their customers might stop calling in (or at least avoid spending
hours each day reading news).  This would hit Portal management in the
pocket-book.

Perhaps if a concerned effort to black-ball portal for 2-4 weeks if this
random lossage continues is worth considering?
-- 
Paul Traina, Systems Software Engineer	    | Suddenly my feet are feet of mud,
ComDesign / Network Equipment Technologies  |   It all goes slow-mo.
pst!comdesign@pyramid.com		    | I don't know why I'm crying,
ucbvax!pyramid!comdesign!pst		    |   Am I suspended in gaffa? --Kate