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Re: BITFTP grief!

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From: Jim Mercer
Date: Mon, 27 May 1991 03:07
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In article <1991May26.170852.10508@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
>In article <1991May26.031911.3454@iguana.uucp> merce@iguana.uucp (Jim Mercer) writes:
>
>>if you want BITFTP style service, demand it from the people you pay money to.
>>you cannot demand service from people that are not responsible to you.
>
>Hmmm, wasn't it *your* demand or ummm "request" that bitftp be stopped
>that started this thread in the first place.

neither, all i asked was how much of a net.lobby would it take to shut it down.

i did not demand or request directly that they shut it down.

silly me, i didn't think that i could tackle the issue alone.  8^)

>In what way are they responsible to you?

it was their traffic that clogged my arteries once too often.

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From: merce@iguana.uucp (Jim Mercer)
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Subject: Re: BITFTP grief!
Message-ID: <1991May27.030731.6027@iguana.uucp>
Date: 27 May 91 03:07:31 GMT
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