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In hfx.general Kevin Alexander James Nugent <aa006@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:
: God protect us from more, "IMMINENT DEMISE OF THE INTERNET", hogwash which 

Who said anything about the "demise of the Internet"?  I believe I was 
describing the "DEMISE OF THE ISP", Canadian ISPs in particular.

I think I know a tad more about this particular subject than most, so I 
can be spared such patronizing responses as yours.

: goes around every few years.  Five years ago the ARPANET backbone was a 
: T1 Line.  Now you can look for and find backbones running at 
: 155mbits/sec.  The system is not mature.  While this is the case we'll 

Where?  Not here, obviously.

And I know of backbones up to 655 megabits...again, not here.  Again, not 
relevant, since that had NOTHING to do with what I was talking about.

: run in cycles of ADEQUATE==SLUGGISH==ADEQUATE==SLUGGISH.

I've never had a major problem with speed.  When did I say anything about 
it being a TECHNICAL failure?

ISPs just aren't a good venture anymore.  But I have a great deal of 
respect for those people who still keep the whole thing running.  Seeing 
people insulting the people who run ANY ISP (as we see too often 
nowadays) angers me to no end.

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