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In article <3631@ddsw1.MCS.COM>, karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) writes:
> In article <114@utower.UUCP> fischer@utower.UUCP (Axel Fischer) writes:
> >In article <786@redsox.bsw.com> campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) writes:
> 
> >>can NOT believe that it costs $47,000 per month just to get Usenet
> >>traffic across the ocean!!
> 
The posting from the EUUG board member states that the full news feed
is only shared by 35 sites and that a full feed is $150 so we are
looking at an order of magnitude less cash here if he is correctly
informed.

Transmission via high speed modem (e.g. Telebit which I gather from
other postings is the fastest legal modem) would take on the order of
an hour per night which at $1.50/minute (his figure) would be around
$2700 per month out of the $5250 from the above full subscription
figure. There are obviously other costs, so this looks like a reasonable
amount.

Sounds to me like they are engaging in a classic case of pricing
themselves out of the market. I find it hard to believe that they
couldn't find ten times as many clients at $30/month for a doubling
of their revenue.

Remember, they don't direct feed everyone; you pay them even if you
get the news by relay.

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