Subj : Re: Notice that...
To   : Utopian Galt
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Wed Feb 16 2022 06:45:00

-=> Utopian Galt wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-

 pF> The Fido node fed echomail to the othernet hub, and the cost recovery
 pF> cabal
 pF> in our net threatened to yank both of his node numbers for trying to
 pF> skirt the cost recovery program in place.
 UG> Plannet Connect made it a bit more democratic in the early days of net
 UG> 218.

In 1991-1992, there was a lot of drama - an NEC that wanted the net to pitch 
in for a high end (for the time) 386 with a US Robotics modem to move the 
mail (he'd keep it on our behalf), and a cost recovery program that ended up 
putting surplus into a net.fund, which they would manage.

Anyone who got their mail from out of the net.plan was more-or-less accused 
of "sabotaging" the local network by making it more expensive for everyone 
else.

As I recall, Planet Connect killed that plan. 5 years later, I got an ISDN 
line at home from work and was able to get an FTP feed.



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