From: "Melvin Lumbardy" 
Subject: Re: newsline question
> From:          Jim Gashel 
> Date:          Sat, 15 Mar 1997 21:33:19 -0500 (EST)
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> Subject:       Re: newsline question
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> 
> Hello Krisi:
> 
> The information that I have available to me suggests that Newsline will be
> available in Toranto within a few weeks or months at most.  Then it will
> not take a long distance call for yhou to access the service.  As to
> registration, you do have to register with the service because the
> information on the system is copyrighted.  Only blind or visually impaired
> people can have access, because the newspapers want to sell their
> news-text to sighted people, and they wouldn't take kindly to us just
> giving it away to sighted people for free over the telephone.  
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> J. G.
> 
> 
> 
> Mr Gashel,
Is newsline available in Tennessee? We will be moving to a town near 
Nashville and wondered if I could get Newsline there.        Mel 
Lumbardy
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