Newsgroups: news.admin
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Setting up a UUCP site in Ontario
Message-ID: <1989Mar22.172811.273@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <89Mar14.020238est.19867@me.utoronto.ca> <5381@hcr.UUCP>
Distribution: ont
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 89 17:28:11 GMT

In article <5381@hcr.UUCP> mnarayan@hcrvx1.UUCP (Michael Narayan) writes:
>Isn't the idea behind Usenet to provide a FREE service ? Don't existing
>sites provide a free service, with the site owners/operators paying
>for the system and administration with their own money ? ...

Often not so.  Back in the days when news got imported to the Toronto
area by 1200-baud modem, there was an organized cost-sharing agreement
among local sites to help cover the phone bill.  Free service can be
rather expensive.
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