On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Don Maslin wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Seth wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 06:35:21PM +1030, Geoff Roberts wrote:
> > > If you just want a dialup thingy for those in your area, probably ok, if
> > > you have people close enough not to mind the 30c per local call.
30 cents a call is expensive! Wow! Of course, we've got high taxes
added onto our flat-rate bills (I still think we all need to stock up
on tar and feathers to keep the tax-gobbling politicians in line) over
here in the U.S.
> > > > I mean, it's just all in fun. It's not like we'd be denying people
> > > > their rights if they couldn't afford the long distance charges.
> > > Tough.
Yep...
> > > Even tougher if they can't afford the transoceanic ones? ;^)
> >
> > Yup ;) Not my problem. View it as a perfect opportunity to
> > form an ARCH RIVAL to RetroNET. Call it... AuNET or something.
> > We can have vicious flamewars about whose is better, and eventually
> > form a backbone cabal.
:-)
> > > > But... but... UUCP is
> > > > half the fun!!
Long live UUCP! That reminds me, I want to get a machine reconnected
to the UUCP network; I gave up on UUNET at over US$40/month after many
years, seemed like a waste of money to keep on with it, but I sure
hated to drop that UUCP feed.
> > Next Up: Tin-Can-and-Two-Strings-Net, dammit! BWAHAHAHA!
Neat! I remember using those! We could do digital over those lines!
Ok, it would be a little slow, but, it would still work. The problem
is getting around things like zoning regulations if we start stringing
up string all over the place with electromechanical repeaters in tin
cans.
> Someone always wants it all! Full duplex on a tin-can, yet. Sheesh!
:-)
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