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From: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Are signature lines distracting?
Message-ID: <15079@bfmny0.UU.NET>
Date: 9 Jan 90 18:46:56 GMT
References: <15068@bfmny0.UU.NET> <3487@hub.UUCP>
Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff)
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In article <3487@hub.UUCP> 6600pete@hub.UUCP writes:
>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? 

Unless the international nets have figured out a way to make sure only
they have to carry the long sigs, while the telco folks are immune,
I don't see what difference this makes.


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