Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!im4u!husc6!uwvax!oddjob!ncar!boulder!tramp!swarbric From: swarbric@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Frank Swarbrick) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: Request for clarification Message-ID: <6239@sigi.Colorado.EDU> Date: 25 May 88 02:01:07 GMT References: <560@n8emr.UUCP> <3230008@eecs.nwu.edu> Sender: news@sigi.Colorado.EDU Reply-To: swarbric@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Frank Swarbrick) Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 15 In article <3230008@eecs.nwu.edu> gore@eecs.nwu.edu (Jacob Gore) writes: :Yep. But Denver/Boulder is probably one of the largest free calling areas in :the U.S. Here in the Chicago area, calling an apartment in the same building :often costs money (it depends on which phone company services your area). :Hence the "costs money" part. Do you call your USENET access point (or whatever the correct term is) using a PC and a modem? If not, you obviously use a hardwired dumb terminal which has no downloading capabilities. (This isn't really directed at you, but I hope someone gets my point. If not, I'll try to elaborate.) Frank Swarbrick (and, yes, the net.cat) swarbric@tramp.Colorado.EDU ...!{ncar|nbires}!boulder!tramp!swarbric Who needs a Net.Rabbit when you can have a net.cat? sorry...