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From: 6600pete@hub.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Are signature lines distracting?
Message-ID: <3487@hub.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jan 90 20:20:19 GMT
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From article <15068@bfmny0.UU.NET>, by tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff):
> It is an important courtesy to keep signatures to four lines or less,
> however -- virtually everyone agrees that wasting lots of bandwidth on
> ..sig lines is annoying.

Newsfeeds that run via modem over telco lines are obviously affected
by long .sigs because a huge volume of them are posted every day.

But here's something I've always wondered about: why should the various
full-time international nets care about bandwidth? Leased phone lines
are rented by time, right? Satellites orbit whether they're used or not.
Microwave dishes aren't going anywhere.

So does volume really count on the InterNet?

What's the scoop?
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