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In article <1991Jun4.151838.7885@bony1.bony.com> stevef@bony1.bony.com (Steve Faiwiszewski) writes:
>Now, since we *PAY* for connection to uunet, and we *DONT* go thru
>anyone else's system, there would be no harm for us calling upon the
>services of an MBAS.  Without one, we are restricted to what we can
>get directly from uunet, which is (naturally) far from having a
>complete archive.

unless the MBAS is located on uunet AND uunet has direct links to all the
systems it will auto-snarf files from, you can not say that you "*DONT* go
thru anyone else's system".

the internet is made up of many autonomous hosts and regional segments which
have different priorities and policies.

since you pay uunet, and not the internet as a whole, you are limited to uunet
and anything beyond that is a gift.

MBAS providers and members of the internet are under no contract to supply you
with anything.

they can extend and withdraw their services as they wish.

>Would be nice if uunet implemented an MBAS like
>thing for its customers...

yes, it would.

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