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Michael Dillon wrote in can.infobahn about "Re: Bell Sygma press release on
Sympatico ISP service":

> Hey guys, ever hear of a Freenet? Do you know what their monthly fees
> are?  That's right, $0 per month.

For constant busy signals, and only a news/email connection.

> Did the Freenets drive the ISP's out of
> business?  Uh, uh. Just trained lots of new customers for them. 

The freenet (any freenet that i've seen) isn't in competition with the
ISP's.

Freenets are good for introducing people to the Net, thats about it.

For myself, if the NCF turned into a big .Forward file, thats all i'd need.

> Cableco's and Telco's will get the unwashed masses on the net, but it 
> won't take long for those masses to come clean, learn what the Internet 
> REALLY can be, and switch to a real Internet Service Provider.

Or more correctly, switch to a between company.  Many of the big backbone
providers are phone companies, they just don't usually deal with the public.


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James A McOrmond - Ottawa, Ontario.   Canadian, or North American.
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