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From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne)
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Subject: Re: French and UK sites wanted for EUcon.
Message-ID: <2162@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jan 89 20:21:30 GMT
References: <96@i2ack.UUCP> <303@dcs.UUCP> <55538@pyramid.pyramid.com> <105@i2ack.UUCP> <459@eda.com>
Reply-To: sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne)
Organization: Wimsey Associates, Vancouver, BC.
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In article <459@eda.com> jim@eda.com (Jim Budler) writes:
>In article <105@i2ack.UUCP> venta@i2ack.UUCP (Paolo Ventafridda) writes:

.. summation of current status of the two european net's mail forwarding
problems deleted.

>I have no desire to cast blame on anyone, but I feel that this situation
>is unacceptable.

Unacceptable is a very harsh word. What they do is really their own
business.

I would suggest that RIDICULOUS is a far better choice.

BTW my reading of the previous articles on this situation was a little
different. I believe that the newer of the two nets was happy to forward
mail to it's internal sites that originated from the other (after it got
sent to US and back) but the original network refused to forward mail to
it's internal sites that originated from the newer network.

Seems as though the original network has higher internal costs and wants
everyone to play with their ball and bat to help them recoup their costs. 

I would think that if the newer net is indeed less expensive then the
situation will indeed sort itself out. Over time newer sites will connect to
the less expensive of the two nets and some sites will switch or connect to
both. When the connectivity of the newer net gets better than the original
then there will be a mass migration of all sites that can physically do so.
This will leave the organizers of the original network holding the bag so to
speak.

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Stuart.Lynne@wimsey.bc.ca {ubc-cs,uunet}!van-bc!sl     Vancouver,BC,604-937-7532