Guys, there are some changes happening in echomail.  I don't know what's
going to happen, but one of the options is that I may be calling Brisbane
to collect echos.  However, once I start paying for volume (ie timed
calls), I will want to reduce the mail volume to just the stuff I am
interested in.  Currently the mail is 5-10 minutes/day, but I can probably
get what I want in <1 minute/day.  I don't know how many of you are
connected to echos because "it seemed like a good idea at the
time", but if you want an echo, you might have to pay me the marginal
cost of a phone call to Brisbane to get it.  There may be other solutions
coming out of the woodwork too.  Can I have a show of hands of how many of
you have echos you can't live without that you'd be willing to pay for (and
how many K/week that is).  You don't have to count AUST_AVTECH BTW, as
that's everyone else's job to get a connection to me, not vice-versa.  :-) 
And any other echo where the Sydney + TML traffic is the major part, is no
problem.  It's things like C_ECHO. Incidentally, I don't get C_ECHO for
myself.  You might find that if you get rid of the crap, you can fit it all
inside a 1 minute/day call.  BFN.  Paul.

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