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In article <5set08$qd6@bgtndc1-3.ip.att.net> mabzug1@umbc.edu (Mordechai T. Abzug) writes:
>From: mabzug1@umbc.edu (Mordechai T. Abzug)
>Subject: Re: New Newsgroup Proposal alt.cable-modems
>Date: 8 Aug 1997 04:10:05 -0400

>In article <5se1rv$n2l@clarknet.clark.net>,
>"Ryan Simmons" <RyanS @sprynet.com> spake thusly:
>> Sounds great, except it should be something like comp.dcom.cable-modems or 
>> comp.dcom.modems.cable-modems.  I don't see a cable modem group being 
>> 'alternative.'  It's a technical computer group.

>"Alt" originally meant alternative, but these days, it just signifies the
>worldwide hierarchy with relaxed rules.  comp.* and the other big-7
>hierarchies have much stricter newsgroup creation rules, so it's not
>uncommon for small technical groups to start off in alt.*.  Only when the
>demand rises do they try for a comp.*.  In fact, there are already three
>newsgroups in the alt.dcom.* hierarchy, one of which is fairly active.  :)

Well,

I like Ryan's idea anyway.  Especially since our corporation filters out all 
"alt." newsgroups. . .   and I'd be interested in this one . . .

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