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From: wisner@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Bill Wisner)
Newsgroups: news.admin,alt.flame
Subject: Re: Commercial Newsfeeds (Was: something else)
Message-ID: <5433@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 7 Sep 88 01:53:23 GMT
References: <5700@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> <6253@gryphon.CTS.COM> <3358@c3pe.UUCP>
Reply-To: wisner@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Bill Wisner)
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>Take a look at the monthly statistics.  Three of the highest volume systems
>are "pay uucp" arrangements - portal.cup.com, dasys (a.k.a. Electric Cat)
>and killer.

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Wait just a damned minute here.

killer is not, never has been, and probably never will be, for pay.

killer's management reserves the right to deny access to any clown
who pulls a JJ trick. Since no payment is accepted, there is no
obligation for killer to provide access to its users. This machine
is a free service.

killer has paid its dues many times over. We've done more for this
network than Portal ever has. We're a major news/mail hub in the
Dallas/Fort Worth area. We have given network connections to sites
in isolated areas that would otherwise be completely cut off, like
Murfreesboro Tennessee. killer technically meets all the requirements
to be considered a USENET backbone site, although it is not officially
listed as one. And there's a complete archive of several USENET
newsgroups available to anyone, through anonymous UUCP.

Characterizing killer as a freeloading, profit-hungry system with
no concern for the rest of the network is downright wrong. Next time,
do try to be a bit more careful.

Bill Wisner
not quite the official opinions of the administration of killer, although
I'm sure he agrees