Subj : Tiers To : FOXY FERGUSON From : TODD COCHRANE Date : Fri Jul 13 2001 08:25 am -> If you "move the mail and that is all your downlinks care about" -> why are some of those nodes (your distribution system's downlinks -> and customers) going elsewhere to get certain bits of mail that -> they want or need? First of all they are not customers we do not charge for the feed. Th are users of service we offer. If they choose to go elsewhere to pick up the difference echo's that are in the over bloated backbone.na file then that is their choice. For some reason they stay on to get the rest of the echos which must say something for our reliability. I personally have argued my point over the backbone.na echo bloat in the past and need not go over that again. If all of my downlinks moved to other feeds today it would not bother me. My primary goal has been to do the best I can and feel we have been quite consistent. I have bigger fish to fry my downlinks know where we are headed in free available services we are about to offer to those that are willing to think outside the box a little.. Todd.. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5a * Origin: BBS Networks @ www.bbsnets.com 808-839-5016 (1:10/345) .