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dswan@acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca (Daniel Swan) wrote:
>Keith W. Kerr (kkerr3@ent.agt.ab.ca) wrote:
>: The AGT Planet service continues its march towards providing local calling access to 
>: the Internet for all Albertans with basic telephone service.  
>
>[Blatant Advertising Deleted]
>
>
>Would this be considered acceptable from any other commercial
>agency?
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>            
>             ...Dan Swan at U of Calgary.
>                http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dswan



I find it quite interesting that some people have a negative view of my 
posts and don't seem to comment on the "For Sale", "Check Us Out", 
"Service Coming Soon To Slave Lake" type posts.  I sure haven't seen any 
negative comments from these same people about CCINet's 96/02/12 post.

I am not saying "Buy, Buy, Buy", nor am I advertising how many lines we 
put in or who my partners are.  I also don't advertise how I think people 
should use the CAP grant or how many schools have already signed up with 
us.  What I am doing is informing people, as is permitted in various 
guidelines for Usenet use, as to service availability and where to get 
more information about the service or service subscriptions.   My posts 
are to newsgroups that are specifically interested in Alberta, Canada and 
Infohighway activities.

Is it that some people fear that AGT just might be able to offer a 
quality service to all Albertans and not just want to focus on a few 
locations, ignoring the rest?  It could make you wonder who some people 
work for or if they have specific prejudices against a large private 
company instead of a small one.  Or is it that big companies just make 
easy targets?


To highlight my point below are excerpts from recognized authorities in 
Usenet use.

From Joel K. Furr <jfurr@acpub.duke.edu> 

The entire article can be seen at 
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/usenet/advertising/how
-to/part1/faq.html

>How to advertise on Usenet                                              
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>                                                                        
>There *are* acceptable ways to advertise in Usenet newsgroups.          
>                                                                        
>1. The on-topic notice                                                  
>                                                                        
>If you have a product or a message that is specifically related to a    
>particular Usenet newsgroup, and you want to let people know about it,  
>it's *usually* all right to post *one* notice about it.                 
>                                                                        
>Note the word "notice."  A notice is a brief mention of the product with
>information about how interested persons can find out more. 
 

.. participation guidelines from Lis Angus <lisangus@angustel.ca> posted 
96/02/14.


>"can.infohighway" is a newsgroup intended for discussion of   
>a broad range of  Canadian social, economic, political and    
>technical issues related to the present or  future of the     
>Information Highway, including telecommunications and         
>interconnected information technologies. The group invites    
>participation by  anyone interested in these issues, whether  
>they are experts or new to the field.                         
>                                                              
>                                                              
>By the very nature of this constellation of topics, the issues
>which participants will want to discuss will vary over time.  
>                                                              
>                                                              
>Some examples which illustrate the range include:             
>                                                              
>                                                              
>- Technology issues: access technologies, high speed          
>  networks, evolution of the  Internet.                       
>- Industry issues: competitive, service, or pricing issues    
   -------------------------------------------------------- 
>  relating to telcos, ISPs,  cable operators, and others.     
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Regards,


Keith W. Kerr
Product Manager - AGT Limited

AGT Planet service http://www.agt.net