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On 19-Apr-96 15:48:01, Per Jacobsen wrote:

>> And it doesn`t only depent on you internet provider who may or may not
>> offer you unlimited time. Ever thought about a high phonebill when reading
>> online? I would *never* read any mail online!

> True phonebills are a bother. But i keep taps on more than 40 newsgroups, 
> are you suggesting i download all of that? It would take ages, not to 
> mention gigabytes of local storage.

Unless you are primarily referring to binary newsgroups, I find it hard
to understand how you can make a qualified decission on which articles
to bring home without spending more time than if you just download the
lot of them. And if you deleted them immediately after browsing through
them, they would hardly take up gigabytes of disk-space.

Furthermore, nothing prevents you from downloading the articles while
performing other on-line activities.

How long does typically it take you to scan those 40 newsgroups and
download the selected articles?

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