Re: Toronto Star article on TFN & other ISP's.

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From: Bob Allisat
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 00:00

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Bill Chow <chow@torfree.net> quoted:
>|   Toronto Star
>|   
>|   October 17, 1996 
>|   
>|   Web leaves trail of victims
>|   
>|[...]
>|   In a last ditch effort to stay afloat, TFN is moving to PPP, but some
>|   insiders say it would be too costly to upgrade equipment that was not
>|   designed to handle PPP. They are reportedly considering a plan to sell
>|   PPP access for about $30 a year, which is still considerably cheaper
>|   than the $300 or so charged by most ISPs.


 The Toronto Freenet will *NEVER*
 charge a membership fee for PPP
 just as it *NEVER* charged for
 text based access. We will be
 applying for Charitable status
 and we will be giving our services
 away like any good charitble
 organization. This is where the
 journalist is in error.

 Peace.

 Bob Allisat                           tor@wtv.net
 Director,                           (416)588-0670
 World Televirtual Network      http://www.wtv.net
 Free Community Network         http://www.fcn.net

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From: bob@news.vrx.net (Bob Allisat)
Subject: Re: Toronto Star article on TFN & other ISP's.
Date: 1996/10/20
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