29 Jul 96 , Dave Freeman did fondle the keyboard and wrote to Arthur Sawilejskij:
 Yowser & greets Dave!,

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

Should ask Alwyn about an internet feed ;-)

Cheers,       __
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