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- From: kadie@eff.org (Carl M. Kadie)
- Subject: [aus.aarnet] Re: CFD: newgroup "aus.censorship", was Re:
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.074829.18035@eff.org>
- Followup-To: alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,aus.aarnet
- Originator: kadie@eff.org
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- Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 07:48:29 GMT
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- [A repost - Carl]
-
- Newsgroups: aus.aarnet
- From: bambi@bu.oz.au (David J. Hughes)
- Subject: Re: CFD: newgroup "aus.censorship", was Re:
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.050935.24841@kirk.bu.oz.au>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 05:09:35 GMT
-
- dclunie@pax.tpa.com.au (David Clunie) writes:
-
- >Sure. But then who knows when it might come in handy ! How many times has
- >this discussion gone around ?
-
-
- Now that's an easy question. Too Many!
-
- Just the facts m'am :-
-
- 1. Inclusion or exclusion of services provided by any given
- service provider are operation decisions made with the aim
- of providing the best *OVERALL* service possible.
-
- 2. The service provider in this case is the "owner and
- operator" of the network - the AVCC.
-
- 3. Nothing is stopping you from negotiating a feed from an OS
- site and calling them via UUCP to get your missing groups.
- By doing this, you are directly responsible for *your*
- expenses and the utilisation of what funding you have.
-
-
- If I can't get everything I want from McDonalds, I don't expect them to
- shuffle their operational funding and resources to cater for me (even if
- "me" is a group of people, albeit the vast minority). I pay them money for
- my burger in the same way institutions pay AARNet membership. If I don't
- like what the good old "Golden Arches" offers I guess I can go down the
- road to H.J.'s (or directly fund the making of the "bambi burger").
-
- Same applies here. Are you generally happy with the services provided
- by AARNet? Would you prefer you didn't have access to the net? Would
- you prefer non-interactive access like the good old days? Would you
- like to put up the extra funding required to extend the service base to
- cover your "requirements"?
-
- In short, I, like the vast majority, am happy with the services provided
- with the net particularly as the empasized focus of operations is
- legitimate "Academic and Research" activities.
-
-
- bambi - End of soad box mode..
- ___ David J. Hughes bambi@bu.oz.au
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