Dear Malcolm, in regards to this message to me.

 > On Jun 14, 2004 Howie Coombe wrote to Malcolm Miles:

 >> HC> Yes i would like to see Aust-Telecom revived as a generic
telco forum,

 >> Surely you jest?

 > HC> No, actually i was serious, on both counts, but if you dont agree 

 >  I was commenting on your statement AUST_TELECOM "would also
make a useful   > political loobying (sic) tool".


I said "Useful" i said nothing about strong, which it certainly
would not be, certainly not on its own, we could work out or arguments on
Aust-Telecom and then put them to our pollies, or at least our pollies reps
on there commitees ect.

 > I don't think our politicians would take too much notice of Fidonet  
       > messages,


No?, 2 things pollies and there underlings notice, Volume and Numbers, if
we are loud enough, if we have enough numbers, and if our timing is right,
you never know what we could do, and this is a federal election year, and
what is more one in which for once there at least 2 players, which has not
happened for a while.

 > even if they had access.


But what about there underlings?.

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