Scott Adams wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:


 TL> Yes, I let one of my othernets dissolve when the traffic disappeared.

 TL> I think the Internet ws responsible for that.

 SA>         Partially.  but alot of it is due to sysops.  And users..  
 SA>       A Netowrk Coordinator can't do it all.  If one posts        
 SA> he may get traffic but its up to the nodes and users         to
 SA> help out and post as well.  If one sits back expecting         mail
 SA> to magically appear without helping then they are         just
 SA> naive.  Can't get traffic if one doesn't post :)         Simply
 SA> put.

Hams have the same problem....they listen...and since no one transmits, no
one hears anything...so the assumption is that the bands are dead.

cya,
thom
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