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From: tower@WHEATIES.AI.MIT.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.)
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Subject: Where can I find it?
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Date: 16 Nov 88 05:15:22 GMT
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   Date: Tue, 1 Nov 88 21:32:42 EST
   From: Root Boy Jim <rbj@nav.icst.nbs.gov>
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bob@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu has done a good job of replying to this, but...


   Sounds like BS to me. Why should he have to pay when you can mail it
   *FOR FREE*. That's right, the internet is *already* paid for, much
   like unlimited phone service, you might as well use up all you can.

Anyone on the Internet can just use FTP to a large number of GNU
archive sites.  This is less overhead on ohio-state than running a
mail server would be.  It is also more efficient than using the mails
(though marginal additional use of the Internet is free for those on
it, the bandwidth isn't infinite, and should  be used wisely).

Moving source via mail to sites off the Internet incurs substantial
additional marginal cost per byte.  Some users pay for this directly
(e.g. those in Europe), others are taking advantage of a courtesy of
passing mail.  Ohio-state is wise in not encouraging such abuse, and
is very kind to provide freely their anonymous ftp link.

enjoy -len