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Re: NCF? FreeNet or FeeNet

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From: Jay Lawrence
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 00:00
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Matthew Darwin (matthew@davin.ottawa.on.ca) writes:
> Jay Lawrence <ae782@freenet.carleton.ca> wrote:
> 
>> 	Note the key word "asked".  Those who cannot, or don't wish to
>> donate are not denied access.  Try that at a commercial ISP.
> 
> The 'renewal letter' makes it seem like a 'donation' is required.

	It does, but like we all discovered, that's not true.

 
>> 	NCF pays a lot of money for bandwidth, it just happens to come
>> from Carleton.  Who told you it was free?
> 
> They pay based on the percentage they use.
> 
> 
> BTW, could you follow up to BOTH can.infohighway and ott.online?  Your
> newsreader should do this automatically unless you're using some broken
> system written in th '80s.
> 
	Y'mean like Freeport?  :)

--
Jay Lawrence  -  ae782@freenet.carleton.ca
		 jay@ottawa.com
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From: ae782@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Jay Lawrence)
Subject: Re: NCF? FreeNet or FeeNet
Date: 1999/09/06
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