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Jay R. Ashworth sez: > This is happening already, and it pushes one of my buttons _really_ > hard. > > The geographic locality of reference of the current Internet is > pathetic. When my telnet session from St Pete to Tampa, Florida, goes > via MAE-East, or worse, MAE-_West_, there's something _seriously_ > wrong. One major "Crazy Eddie" factor you're not acknowledging is: lines do not cost a linear amount per mile. Sometimes 'longer' costs way less, due to this magical artifact called a "Tariff"... (And Jay, if you start claiming there IS logic & reason in the tariff process, you will get a room next to John Hinkely..) -- A host is a host from coast to [email protected] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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