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From: csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst)
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Subject: Re: French and UK sites wanted for EUcon.
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Date: 24 Jan 89 05:19:41 GMT
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Bill Wisner <wisner@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes:
>So I'll hop on the bandwagon and start flaming them. As far as EUnet is
>concerned, EUcon sites should look exactly like normal North American
>USENET sites. Making an artificial and arbitrary distinction is revolting.

I thought I explained this. The "artificial and arbitrary distinction" is not
being made for eucon, it is being made for North American sites. The EUNet
backbone is, at present, subsidizing all of us folks here in North American
who want to talk with people in Europe. They just aren't willing to subsidize
other European sites.

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