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In article <1991May16.224338.286@crom2.uucp> jim@crom2.uucp (James P. H. Fuller) writes:
>>To transfer files we use a tried and true mechanism:  FTP.
>
>      Can you say "0% reliability?"  FTP to uucp-only sites doesn't work
>AT ALL.  What's your advice for them?  "Screw you, Jack, I've got mine?"
>Harrumph!

No, the answer for UUCP-only sites who can't anonymous FTP is to anonymous
UUCP.  There are a number of sites that provide this service; osu-cis,
uunet (in addition to providing the service for regular customers, they
have a 900 number so anyone can use the service).  The answer to reducing
the long distance charges is for UUCP-only folks to set up more archive
sites and more anonymous UUCP sites.  For those that wail, "but it costs
money if I do that", it costs money whether you place the call yourself
or pass the bill onto someone else.  Sites on the Internet are paying
for their access.  Sites with long-distance UUCP connections are paying
phone bills and (in some cases) access charges.

No one's saying "Screw you, Jack"; you have alternatives.  They are simply
saying that they won't subsidize your large file transfers.


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Joe Buck
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