NODE 3aa102f9[Fwd: usenet censorship]
Carl Johnson <toto@sk.sympatico.ca>Tue, 24 Dec 1996 09:20:27 -0800 (PST)
Subject: usenet censorship
From: Hootman <lewis@cyberstreet.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 10:16:54 -0500
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Organization: LiveNet, Inc.
Reply-To: lewis@cyberstreet.com
Does anyone know of a server that allows uncensored news groups, mine
censors all alt. groups.
NODE 3dca29c4Re: [Fwd: usenet censorship]
dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)Tue, 24 Dec 1996 12:32:14 -0800 (PST)
> Does anyone know of a server that allows uncensored news groups, mine
> censors all alt. groups.
Check out alt.net.
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NODE 562cd87cRe: [Fwd: usenet censorship]
slothrop@poisson.com (J Durbin)Tue, 24 Dec 1996 15:26:09 -0800 (PST)
On Tue, 24 Dec 96 15:16:27 EST, Dimitri Vulis (dlv@bwalk.dm.com)
wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a server that allows uncensored news groups, mine
>> censors all alt. groups.
>
>Check out alt.net.
From http://www.alt.net :
Altopia Corporation "We do news."
Altopia Corporation provides Usenet news and email services to
individuals and organizations. At this time we are not taking
any more customers until we have had a chance to refine our
offerings. Please check back at this site periodically for
details of future offerings.
If you have any questions, please send email to info@alt.net.
Last Modified: 961213
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What exactly does F-K mailing list contributor and alt.net admin Chris
Caputo mean by "refine our offerings"?
jd
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NODE 6537b093Re: [Fwd: usenet censorship]
Chris Caputo <ccaputo@alt.net>Tue, 24 Dec 1996 22:04:19 -0800 (PST)
We mean that we are coming up with a new pricing scheme that will allow us
to more accurately match revenue with expenses.
Chris Caputo
President, Altopia Corporation
On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, J Durbin wrote:
> What exactly does F-K mailing list contributor and alt.net admin Chris
> Caputo mean by "refine our offerings"?
NODE e16af60aRe: [Fwd: usenet censorship]
Carl Johnson <toto@sk.sympatico.ca>Wed, 25 Dec 1996 10:36:52 -0800 (PST)
Chris Caputo wrote:
>
> We mean that we are coming up with a new pricing scheme that will allow > us to more accurately match revenue with expenses.
Chris,
In non-pressrelease language does this mean:
a. Making a profit.
b. Trying to at least break even.
c. Trying not to lose your ass.
d. Hiring a dyslexic pot-head as Chief Financial Officer was a big
mistake.
Just Wondering,
Toto
NODE c32d6692Re: [Fwd: usenet censorship]
Chris Caputo <ccaputo@alt.net>Wed, 25 Dec 1996 16:55:21 -0800 (PST)
Sorry about the press-release'ish language - twas not my intention. I
would say (b), with happy customers and (a) being the goal. The service
we provide incurs significant expenses, mainly because of the bandwidth
involved, and we just need to make sure the cost of these expenses is
being recovered in a fair way, before we grow any more.
Chris Caputo
President, Altopia Corporation
On Wed, 25 Dec 1996, Carl Johnson wrote:
> Chris Caputo wrote:
> > We mean that we are coming up with a new pricing scheme that will
> > allow us to more accurately match revenue with expenses.
>
> Chris,
> In non-pressrelease language does this mean:
> a. Making a profit.
> b. Trying to at least break even.
> c. Trying not to lose your ass.
> d. Hiring a dyslexic pot-head as Chief Financial Officer was a big
> mistake.
>
> Just Wondering,
> Toto