Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!oddjob!ncar!gatech!uflorida!novavax!bigbroth!rk
From: rk@bigbroth.UUCP (rohan kelley)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: The death of USENET
Summary: Maybe if AT&T doesn't want to carry usenet mail, MCI would like to handle the backbone long distance communications.
Message-ID: <200@bigbroth.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jun 88 14:54:02 GMT
References: <7475@swan.ulowell.edu> <2645@rpp386.UUCP> <1744@looking.UUCP>
Organization: UNIleX Systems, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL
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In article <1744@looking.UUCP>, brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) writes:
> In article <2645@rpp386.UUCP> jfh@rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum) writes:
> >I wonder why AT&T provided those machines free of charge
> >for the net for all of these years.
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> When we talk about the fact that USENET is is now costing around $30,000
> per DAY in transmission costs, or around 10 million dollars per year,
> it should be remembered just who most of that money is paid to.
> 
> The answer is, the AT&T long distance division.  Of course, some of it
> goes to AT&T competitors, but I expect that's not a big percentage.
> 
> And that doesn't count the extra mail volume generated by the news.
> 
> It was suggested, jokingly, at one time, that the net was a conspiracy
> by AT&T to collect long distance revenue. .....

If AT&T doesn't want to carry the mail, perhaps one of the competing 
long distance carriers, MCI, etc. would like to talk to the backbones 
about their long distance service requirements.

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Rohan Kelley -- UNIleX Systems, Inc. (Systems and software for lawyers)
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