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From: soley@ontenv.UUCP (Norman S. Soley)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin,misc.legal,misc.misc,misc.forsale
Subject: Re: Portal Lowers Rates for Telenet Access
Message-ID: <609@ontenv.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jul 88 04:02:35 GMT
References: <7475@cup.portal.com> <2618@kitty.UUCP> <860@hodge.UUCP>
Organization: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Toronto
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In article <860@hodge.UUCP>, rusty@hodge.UUCP (Rusty Hodge) writes:
> In article <2618@kitty.UUCP>, larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
> > 	What right does Portal Communications have to permit, solicit and
> > charge for access to the ARPANET?  Does anyone from DARPA know that Portal
> > is engaging in this activity?
> 
> Portal isn't selling access to ARPANET!  They are selling access to their
> computers, and giving *free* access to ARPANET!

You know that, I know that, but go back and read the ad, try and
forget everything you know about portal. Are you SURE, without prior
knowledge of the nature of portal's business that what they are
advertising is just e-mail access to ARPAnet and not something more. 


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