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pim@ctisbv.UUCP (Pim Zandbergen) writes:

>In order to get a USENET feed, the first step is to become a member
>of the NLUUG, the Dutch Unix Users Group. For a commercial site,
>the contribution fee is Dfl 600 ($263.15), universities pay Dfl 200 ($87.71)
>and individuals pay pay Dfl 100 ($43.85) PER YEAR.
Germany: GUUG   DM 700,00  = $350.00 (companies)

>Further costs                                  Unido
>Full or partial news feed:	Dfl.  80	DM 400.00($200.00)/ month
>Mail within the Netherlands:	Dfl.  10	0.00 in Germany / Megabyte
>Connect time costs:		Dfl.   2.50	0.00    	/ hour
>For a commercial site this adds up to Dfl. 160 ($ 70.17) per month.
>This is a lot less then the price our German friends have to pay.

It's all difficult to compare. But agn: 'unido' is not a commercial
backbone, but an university.

But I think, rates have to go down now with more and more hosts
reading news via secondary feeds. We are also refeeding here from
Aachen to Hamburg and Flensburg.

Also to be taken into account: Packet network costs:

DM 0.01 	per min. of connection
DM 0.05 	per connection
DM 0.0033 	per 64 bytes transferred.
News are abt 50,000,000 per month, transfer rate is lower than 9,600.

Rupert

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