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From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Money for nothing
Message-ID: <1143@frog.UUCP>
Date: 21 Mar 89 21:11:00 GMT
References: <1214@ns.UUCP>
Organization: Misanthropes-R-Us
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In article <1214@ns.UUCP>, logajan@ns.UUCP (John Logajan) writes:
> Thoughts on making money (that new age evil) on the net:
> Do modem manufacturers make money selling modems that connect the net?

Don't tell anyone I told you this, but USENET is actually a conspiracy by
the modem manufacturers to continually sell brand new, faster modems to
people in order to keep up with the increasing traffic.

> 
> Do phone companies make money selling services that interconnect the net?
> 

Don't tell anyone I told you this, but USENET is actually a conspiracy by
the long-distance companies to continually sell long-distance time to people
who just have to have the last word in arguments.
-- 
John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (508) 626-1101
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