PE> solutions coming out of the woodwork too.  Can I have a show of hands
PE> of how many of you have echos you can't live without that you'd be
PE> willing to pay for (and how many K/week that is).  You don't have to
PE> count AUST_AVTECH BTW, as that's everyone else's job to get a
PE> connection to me, not vice-versa.  :-)  And any other echo where the
PE> Sydney + TML traffic is the major part, is no problem.  It's things
PE> like C_ECHO. Incidentally, I don't get C_ECHO for myself.  You might
PE> find that if you get rid of the crap, you can fit it all inside a 1
PE> minute/day call.  BFN. Paul.

DM> I'm at about 1.5 minutes per day on average. I guess I could pay
DM> for that, though how you would implement it could be tricky.

I'm not talking about how long you spend calling me each day!  That is
irrelevant.  What matters is how much it costs me to pull in echos you read
from Brisbane.  To calculate that, I need to know how many K, plus the
speed of *my* modem connection to Brisbane.

PE> P.S. If someone wants to get really keen with their internet
PE> connection, you can get a full zone 1 feed of the international echos
PE> and feed it to me. They only provide it as "all or nothing".

DM> How so ? My internet account is essentially free but a
DM> commercial company pays for the link.

Ok, first of all, I made a mistake about what I thought these people were
doing via the internet.  Secondly, I have asked in the sysop echo what can
be done via the internet.  BFN.  Paul.
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