In a message of  Arthur Sawilejskij (3:640/991.1) wrote:

Hi Arthur,

 AS> (Trapdoor)

 AS>>>     I was gating it in via the internet till I realised that it was
 AS>>> already being brought in via zone 1 and I was going to create a dupe
 AS>>> loop.

 RH>> Really, I ain't seen shit in it for a long time.

 AS>      Mind you, now that I've been in 640 for a while, I gather that
 AS> Alwyn Smith independently brings in some echos that aren't currently
 AS> coming in on the backbone. I guess that if you are not getting any
 AS> mail in it outside of 640 that's what's happening.

Alwyn Smith (640/201 from memory) maintains a direct feed to the US
backbone and filebone via an internet connection.  AFAIK not all of the
stuff that he brings in is available to FIDO systems in general - there's
some sort of cost recovery system running for it.  I've never really
investigated since I'm still up for STD to Brissy and can't afford a high
volume feed.

  //  CYA,
\X/ Dave ;-)

... "Just don't give away the homeworld!"         

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