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- Path: rahul.net!a2i!wolf359!Eric
- From: Eric@wolf359.exile.org (Eric Edwards)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Best way to read News??
- Message-ID: <DanTx*e52@wolf359.exile.org>
- Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 06:28:55 GMT
- References: <4bnkp4$gvo@grissom.powerup.com.au> <meteor-3012950840590001@10.0.2.15>
- <t5JSx*Y32@wolf359.exile.org> <19960101.77BBC28.F51B@ragtime.vnet.net> <4c9rik$1tq@serpens.rhein.de>
- <19960102.775C428.FD6E@ragtime.vnet.net>
- Organization: Engineers in Exile
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- In article <19960102.775C428.FD6E@ragtime.vnet.net>, John Kelly writes:
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- >
- > mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst) writes:
- >
- > > > "More robust" ? ... heh. Installing some lame UUCP system on my Amiga
- > > > is NOT my idea of a good time, AND is not included in MOST PEOPLE's
- > > > SLIP/PPP access .. NNTP is.
- > >
- > > UUCP is usually more robust, but the major point is that standard NNTP
- > > is a waste of bandwidth. No problem for people with leased lines though.
- >
- > That's everyone with dialup access .. ie almost every casual user of the Net.
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- Your ISP gives a leased line into your house as part of a dialup account?
- Cool! Which ISP is this? I'm going to have to get a hold of these guys.
- :-)
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