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As a long time lurker, I would suggest that announcements such as the new
POP for WWA, would be appropriate in this (chi.internet) group. Cross
posting to chi.forsale seems to be pushing the commercialism a little and
only a single post from someone identified with the ISP (eg. Karl = MCS)
would seem sufficent.

I think such announcements should be limited to major items. Adding a few
modems to a POP or changing internal configurations (even if they may
actually improve stability or performance) would not seem to be major in
terms of posting an annoucement here.

A possible guideline would be, if the change would result in a
modification to Randy Smith's ISP List matrix, it could be called major. I
did not review all of the items included in Randy's matrix, so this may
not be such a good guideline.

Sending the info to Randy via e-mail and noting this in the announcement
seems like a good idea. That way Randy does not get overloaded with
multiple copies of the announcement from "helpful" readers.

Another suggestion would be to put [Announcement] in the subject line and
include the name of the ISP. (eg. [Announcement] WWA adds Schaumburg POP.)


Just a few thoughts - please comment further. I think the split off of
chi.internet from chi.general has been very benificial in keeping the S/N
ratio down in both groups.


In article <3ua6er$27c@Mars.mcs.com>, karl@MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) wrote:

> In article <zooropa-1507951304320001@lak008.wwa.com>,
> MICHAEL E. RUBIN <zooropa@sashimi.wwa.com> wrote:
> >Please note: this is not an advertisement.  This is an announcement geared
> >for general release in order to update others' information (a copy has
> >been sent to Randy Smith, updater of the Chicago Area Providers List)
> 
> Why was it posted to chi.forsale then?
> 
> And, I might note, this is the second post on this subject.  
> 
> What *are* the rules here for commercial postings from ISPs (new POP
> announcements, press releases, etc)?
> 
> Is it reasonable to assume that a single announcement of significant
> developments is something that can be engaged in?
> 
> If not, then is sanction something that is going to be *evenly* applied, or
> even expected?
> 
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