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Article #404Re: Verio makes news
From: vigor mortis
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 23:34
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 23:34
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In article <MPG.161d148ebb4f539b989a2a@nntp.best.com>, Milton Brewster <scribble@best.com> wrote: >If I subscribe to SuperNews and receive 90% +\- of all daily >Usenet messages, I *still* won't be able to carry on >conversations with other Usenet users who connect to Usenet via >ISPs that carry 50% +/- of the daily message load. Those other >people will miss too many of my posts and/or replies to be able >to carry on a conversation with me via Usenet -- or even know >that I've posted in the first place. That's patently ludicrous. Daily message load has nothing to do with how much of a newsgroup they receive. You seem to misunderstand how propagation works on Usenet; sites do not carry a percentage of all daily Usenet messages, but rather carry newsgroups, and accept articles for those newsgroups as they are fed by their peers. rone -- "The ministry of communication is duty-bound to make the use of the Internet impossible." - Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f9f6d,f7258c7074e2fb84 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9f6d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-29 16:43:31 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!news-peer-west.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!enews.sgi.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.ba.best.com!not-for-mail From: "vigor mortis" <^#*&$@ennui.org> Newsgroups: best.general Subject: Re: Verio makes news Date: 29 Sep 2001 16:34:35 -0700 Organization: H�mper D� Boys Choir Lines: 20 Distribution: best Message-ID: <rone.9p5lqb$dmg$1@ennui.org> References: <MPG.161310bed15907b1989a23@nntp.best.com> <9p0031$29vc$1@nntp1.ba.best.com> <9p0ld3$1qvg$1@machaut.medieval.org> <MPG.161d148ebb4f539b989a2a@nntp.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell13.ba.best.com X-Trace: nntp1.ba.best.com 1001806504 15152 206.184.139.144 (29 Sep 2001 23:35:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@best.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 23:35:04 +0000 (UTC) X-URL: http://ennui.org/rone/