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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: i2ack request for news/email supply connection
Message-ID: <1989Jan23.183420.7803@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 89 18:34:20 GMT

In article <9198@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> mangler@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Don Speck) writes:
>If this is accurate:  Why does Eunet have to cost so much?

Don't forget that in Europe, instead of multiple phone companies with
a more-or-less adversary relationship to the government, there is one
phone company per country and it's *part* of the government, usually
part of (shudder) the Post Office.

How much would Usenet cost if the US and Canadian Post Offices ran
the North American phone system?
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