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Article #350Re: A solution that would certainly help TFN
From: Carlos Coimbra
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 00:00
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Nabil Mohamed El-Khodari (ad613@torfree.net) wrote: : Chris F.A. Johnson (bq933@torfree.net) wrote: : : On Sun, 18 Jan 1998 03:32:21 GMT, Carlos Coimbra (aa713@torfree.net) wrote: : : : Chris F.A. Johnson (bq933@torfree.net) wrote: : : : But Nabil here is focusing on "bandwidth", not "expenses". : You cannot generalize from 'personal knowledge'. David Jones, : though living in Ottawa is one of the major donors to TFN. But David : Jones is one of the TFN founders and is not 'the rule'. : My suggestion then is that we should set up a 'compulsory' fee for people : with a mailing address outside Toronto. Now that is something to consider seriously. It would not be out of line at all, and other Freenets and Community Nets do exactly that. Of course, that would apply more appropriately if "Toronto" tax money had been given to TFN. It seems that only a provincial grant was received, and so all Ontarians should be allowed free access. But that's why debate was invented, isn't it? --
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1511e9,acd1dcaa94fa54f1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1511e9,public X-Google-Thread: 103731,acd1dcaa94fa54f1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103731,public X-Google-Thread: 10aaae,acd1dcaa94fa54f1 X-Google-Attributes: gid10aaae,public X-Google-Thread: 10643c,acd1dcaa94fa54f1 X-Google-Attributes: gid10643c,public From: aa713@torfree.net (Carlos Coimbra) Subject: Re: A solution that would certainly help TFN Date: 1998/01/19 Message-ID: <En1FEt.IKz.0.bloor@torfree.net> X-Deja-AN: 317382974 References: <EMy3L5.4Hq.0.queen@torfree.net> <EMyJI2.5F2.0.sheppard@torfree.net> <EMyn5x.Fys.0.sheppard@torfree.net> <En005I.GzF.0.spadina@torfree.net> <En0pox.Mwx.0.queen@torfree.net> Organization: Toronto Free-Net Newsgroups: torfree.general,torfree.policy,tor.general,can.infohighway