Too much cross-posting?

[David H. Brierley]

In article <BOB.89Jul10104424 at tinman.cis.ohio-state.edu> Bob Sutterfield <bob at cis.ohio-state.edu> writes:
>In article <20239 at cup.portal.com> thad at cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
>   ...over 85% of the UNIXPC owners/users are unable to receive the
>   unix-pc.* newsgroups.
>
>Bushwa!  They may be unwilling, but they're certainly not unable.
>Anyone who would like a unix-pc feed can have one for the asking.
>Drop me a line.

I have said this before and I'll say it again, I will give a unix-pc.* feed
to anyone that asks.  I am even willing to pay for the phone call, provided
of course that I don't get requests from every UNIX-PC owner in the US (my
telephone budget does have a limit, albeit a very generous one).

One of the problems that many UNIX-PC owners have in regards to getting the
news is that their pc's are not connected to dedicated phone lines.  If
your pc is trying to make a data call and your wife (or husband) picks up
the phone, she is likely to get upset.  It is even worse if someone is on
the phone already when the pc tries to make a call.  Some of these problems
can be alleviated by restricting the calling times for the pc so that it
only makes calls in the middle of the night.  This does not, however, solve
the problem of being able to accept incoming calls.  I know that my wife
would be upset if the computer started answering the phone, even if it only
did it in the middle of the night.  "What if my mother has an emergency and
needs to get hold of us?"

Anyway, if you want a unix-pc.* feed and are either able to accept an
incoming call or are willing to call Rhode Island, drop me a line and we'll
set something up.
-- 
David H. Brierley
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