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From: sl@unifax.UUCP (Stuart Lynne)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: MNP Auto-Reliable + getty: happy accident or design?
Message-ID: <112@unifax.UUCP>
Date: 1 May 89 18:20:17 GMT
References: <13575@steinmetz.ge.com> <260@jwt.UUCP> <565@aablue.UUCP> <135@tslanpar.UUCP> <827@nebulus.UUCP> <1989Apr28.192557.23991@utzoo.uucp>
Reply-To: sl@unifax.UUCP (Stuart Lynne)
Organization: Wimsey Associates
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In article <1989Apr28.192557.23991@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>In article <827@nebulus.UUCP> root@nebulus.UUCP (Dennis S. Breckenridge) writes:
>>... I really don't know why the U.S. usenet sites selected TB+'s 
>>other than price. There is no standard modem yet for usenet here in Canada
>>and I would like to see Microcom get a fair shake. 
>
>Sorry, you're too late, Canada has gone TB+ too, although apparently you
>hadn't noticed.  Most of the major news-distribution sites in Toronto and
>elsewhere use TB+s to move the data.

Same here on the west coast. Both sites we receive news from have Trailblazers.

We feed:
				1200		2400		TB+
	full news feed 		1		6		8
	mail exchange		2				2
	small news feed		5		4		1

The largest block is TB+ for full feed. They account for most of the traffic
and only a small amount of the total connect time. While I like to think
that they got them to increase the amount of time available on my lines, I'm
sure that what the really wanted was to not tie up their lines for hours
every day pulling down news.

At least two of the 2400 full feed sites are just waiting for approval of
their TB purchase. 

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