5bc Subj : Newsgroups? To : Bob Seaborn From : mark lewis Date : Wed Jul 25 2001 08:47 am >>GG> Do we -really- need to keep importing newsgroups >>GG> as echoes? >> how do those who do not have access to the i'net >> access any newsgroups? BS> With the likes of Juno, netzero, the various BS> freenets, 3wweb, and so on, how can ANYONE suggest BS> that some may have NO access to the internet? consider ye ole "bailing wire" mom-n-pop telco where one is lucky to get 14400 much less 9600... i live 15 miles from the nearest town of an rapport but i know many others who live even further out... and i can't help but to wonder what i'd have to deal with if i was back out in colorado where i used to live 50 miles from town... BS> Hmmmm, no modem installed? Then how do they BS> access a bbs? telnet across the local LAN <> BS> Mommy & Daddy say no internet? Then offering BS> such via a bbs is circumventing parental rules, not BS> a good thing I think. depends highly on the content being brought in... many say no to the whole thing when in fact it's only a small portion of what's available... in any case, circumvention is not part of the equation... quite simply, it's access... BS> I, personally, fully agree with Gary on this topic. to a point, so do i... i also believe a portion of it to be based on semantics and wording... )\/(ark * Origin: (1:3634/12) . 0